Women’s baseball league turns dreams into realityAP, FORT MYERS, FloridaKelsie Whitmore stood near third base at JetBlue Park on Wednesday and looked around at her new norm. In less than five months, they are to play in the first women’s professional baseball league in the US in more than 70 years. hoto: APReality set in for Whitmore and players from the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL). The Red Sox have hosted women’s baseball camps for a decade and welcomed several of the WPBL’s stars for drills. The US had not had a pro women’s league since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League dissolved in 1954, but the WPBL is hoping to create a lasting path for women to play professional baseball.

Source: Taipei Times March 20, 2026 16:24 UTC