5 Interesting Things To Know About Women’s Baseball
4. The scenario of women’s baseball today
You always end up fighting with your little brother over the remote control, don’t you? But don’t let that be your excuse for not being able to watch women’s baseball. I’m here to update you about what’s going on these days. The women’s baseball federation, AWBF, currently lists more than 20 women’s baseball teams and leagues in America as well as in Australia, Taiwan, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Korea. Interested in reading biographies of great women baseball players? Then you’ll love this. Professor and journalist Martha Ackmann recently released her book “Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League”. Grab that book now!
5. Women’s baseball museum
Tell me, in the last year, how many observatories and museums have you been to? Very few, isn’t it? Then think of the slim chances that you would ever go to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, NY. Take your boyfriend or your brother along. The men will love to browse through interesting documents of men’s baseball whilst we women can indulge in the women’s baseball section.
Let me plan an amazing outing for you. Would you like to go to the museum’s ‘Diamond Dreams’ exhibit? I bet you would! This exhibit honors Effa Manley and pays tribute to women who have played in baseball at all levels. Be ready to go berserk at the museum because it houses more than 38,000 three-dimensional items, three million books and documents and 500,000 photographs. Can you imagine what a wonderful time you’ll have looking at the story of baseball through a timeline? I suggest you plan a trip to this place with your family. I did and I had great fun!
Baseball for women is surely not a joke, don’t you think? If you’re thinking of taking it up as a serious sport, then make sure that you have skills like timing, sports strategy, coordination, strength, and control. Ask your coach to help you to take it beyond Blondes versus Brunettes. We may not end up being like Amanda Clement – she was the first official female umpire in men’s baseball, in case you’re wondering. But you’d surely make your bit of contribution to women’s baseball in the world.
