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Pepsi MAX brings together baseball's greats & makes me wish I was a dude
by LHiggs
posted April 18, 2011 at 8:35pm

Time for a 360 - After a nail-biting Boston Marathon, I jumped on a subway downtown to check out the new MLB Fan Cave. First of all, what is the Fan Cave? Well, it’s somewhere in my top-10 list of jobs I wouldn’t mind doing. From their website...more

Jennie Finch on passionately chasing the dream!
by Jennie Finch
posted April 9, 2011 at 3:09pm

Last night sitting at opening night for Triple A baseball, watching Casey start another season of ball so many thoughts went through my mind. I was in awe of what a beautiful site it was. For starts it may have been the fact that for this wife and mommy...more

Spring break includes Grapefruit League baseball and women’s polo
by Pretty Tough
posted March 20, 2011 at 6:57pm

Florida is best known this time of year for wild college spring breaks and spring training for major league baseball teams. I was in the Tampa/Sarasota area this past week and had access to no less than six professional teams playing tune-up games before ...more

More women pursuing baseball dreams on men's teams
by Women in Sport International
posted March 19, 2011 at 8:48pm

This article out of Long Beach California written by Bob Keisser raises a very interesting question that is common in women's sports. It discusses a recent high school game in which the two starting pitchers, in a men's baseball game, were women. The pitc...more

[Exclusive Video] California girls make baseball history
by Pretty Tough
posted March 9, 2011 at 11:02am

Her hair was tucked under a blue baseball cap, so you couldn’t tell she was a girl from a quick glance. But make no mistake, she is a girl and today she made history. Marti Sementelli took center stage in a historic game between N. Hollywood’s Birmi...more

Sementelli goes the distance as female pitchers face off
by Pretty Tough
posted March 6, 2011 at 12:19pm

Her hair was tucked under a blue baseball cap, so you couldn’t tell she was a girl from a quick glance. But make no mistake, she is a girl and today she made history. Marti Sementelli took center stage in a historic game between N. Hollywood’s Birmi...more

Weekly sports news of shame, loathing and occasional interest
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 4, 2011 at 10:33pm

Rap Sheet Washington State star baller Klay Thompson, son of former Laker Mychal Thompson, smoked up in his car and got arrested after a win against USC last night, thereby proving the maxim that you should do that at home, where you have access to water...more

Historic high school game to feature two female starting pitchers
by Pretty Tough
posted March 3, 2011 at 11:22am

This Saturday, March 5, at Birmingham High in Los Angeles, a historic varsity baseball game is scheduled to take place. That’s the day one of baseball’s long-standing gender barriers will be broken and the two starting pitchers will be female. B...more

When Every Game Was a Perfect Game
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 2, 2011 at 10:35am

Here at Draft Day Suit we have the good fortune of having some talented friends who write a guest post for us every now and again. One of those friends is Whit. When I woke up this morning this post was in my inbox. It sums up exactly why I love and hate ...more

The girl who struck out Babe Ruth
by Pretty Tough
posted March 1, 2011 at 1:30pm

My hometown paper, the Los Angeles Times, doesn’t do a particularly good job covering women’s sports, but today there was an interesting post in an on-going series about sports legends. Author Brian Cronin takes a look at Jackie Mitchell, a female pit...more

Justine Siegal on throwing BP at MLB spring training: Why are people surprised that a woman can do this?
by Fair Game News
posted February 25, 2011 at 5:31pm

By Megan Wood and Laura Pappano Justine Siegal, founder of BaseBall for All, made news this week when she became the first woman to throw batting practice to a major league baseball team at spring training. She threw for the Cleveland Indians on Monday...more

The next thing you know, we’ll be wanting to vote
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 23, 2011 at 12:10am

Couldn’t resist taking a little dig at Jason Mcintyre’s Tweet about the Unbelievably Unbelievable Development of An Actual Woman Throwing Batting Practice at Spring Training! Well, these are the Cleveland Indians. Keep breaking down those barriers l...more

Dodgers taunt Angels with new T-shirt
by A Glam Slam
posted February 18, 2011 at 3:24pm

The MLB season has yet to begin but the pre-season taunting is officially underway. The Dodgers have turned to fashion to take a stab at the Angels. Make that “The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.” Together with Nike, they have unveiled a new, Dodger-b...more

Nothing says bridal like Busch Stadium
by A Glam Slam
posted February 10, 2011 at 12:03pm

Every little girl dreams of a white wedding dress, the perfect groom and an engagement photo on home plate. Okay, maybe not the latter. Though there are plenty of baseball fans out there who choose to incorporate America’s favorite pastime into their sp...more

New opportunities for female baseball players
by playbaseball
posted February 3, 2011 at 5:38pm

Wondering if you can play?...more

Verducci visits PSU, discusses MLB, current challenges in sports journalism
by Sports, Media & Society
posted January 26, 2011 at 1:38pm

Tom Verducci fell in love with newspapers while delivering them as a kid. Flipping through the pages, he always stopped at the sports section because he wanted to read about his other love: baseball. Eager to see how someone wrote about games he had watch...more

Former AAGPBL player Jerre De Noble passes away
by playbaseball
posted January 20, 2011 at 11:19am

Former player passes away...more

Are you a female baseball player looking for a team?
by playbaseball
posted January 9, 2011 at 4:52pm

Discussion of some good women's baseball websites...more

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