In baseball, women will soon have a league of their own
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🗓️ 4 May 2025
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Summary
Since its inception, baseball has always had a place for female athletes. In fact, colleges and universities had women’s teams as far back as the 1860's. But at some point, women were shuffled into softball and opportunities to play hardball disappeared. Until now. Associate Professor of sports leadership and management at Miami University Callie Batts Maddox joins The Excerpt to talk about the launch of the Women's Pro Baseball League next year and what it will mean for women and girls who are passionate for the sport.
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| 0:19.0 | Indiana and in the township of West Baden, baseball is by no means a game for the mere man. |
| 0:24.2 | The girls are right in the professional spotlight. |
| 0:27.6 | America's favorite pastime has a decidedly strong female fan base. |
| 0:31.2 | A 2024 survey revealed women make up 39% of those who attended or watched an MLB game. |
| 0:39.4 | And it's not just in the stands. |
| 0:42.2 | The number of women working professionally in baseball has grown. |
| 0:46.1 | Now Americans can look forward to seeing the women's pro baseball league in summer 2006. |
| 0:49.4 | Hello and welcome to The Excerpt. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:52.5 | Today is Sunday, May 4th, 2025, and this is a special episode of The Excerpt. |
| 0:57.9 | Women's sports have been on the rise, so it only seems natural that a women's pro league would take shape, |
| 1:02.9 | but women already make up a rich part of baseball history. For more on that history, on the current momentum of women's baseball. |
| 1:08.9 | I'm joined by Cali Bats Maddox, an associate professor of |
| 1:12.0 | sports leadership and management at Miami University. Callie, thank you so much for coming on the excerpt |
| 1:16.9 | today. Thank you for having me. So let's start with the moment right now. Really interesting moment. |
| 1:21.9 | As I mentioned at the top, there is strong women's interest in baseball. We know there's strong |
| 1:25.4 | interest from women's fans and franchises |
| 1:28.5 | are catering to them with special meetups and clubs as well. But perhaps more interesting, |
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