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Women's pro baseball league begins

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM MDT
Juliette Kladko, center, pitches during the third day of tryouts for the Women's Professional Baseball League, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
Juliette Kladko, center, pitches during the third day of tryouts for the Women's Professional Baseball League, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

The brand-new Women’s Professional Baseball League begins on Saturday. It will be the first time in 70 years that the best women baseball players in the world will compete on a professional stage.

Host Anthony Brooks learns more with Justine Siegal, a co-founder and the first woman to coach for a Major League Baseball team when she was with the former Oakland Athletics in 2015.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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