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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanis Thames, The Associated Press:
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"History is happening here in Washington, D.C., where the Women’s Professional Baseball League is holding the first pro women’s baseball tryouts in 80 years. Hundreds of women will go for their shot at the pro stage over this four-day showcase, and it’ll all culminate in a live game Monday at Nationals Park."
2. Pans, players rounding bases
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanis Thames, The Associated Press:
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"It’s a moment that you might find in ‘A League of Their Own,’ the classic baseball film that immortalized the women who kept pro baseball alive during World War II. But the scene is real here."
4. Batter taking hits, players on field
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanis Thames, The Associated Press:
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"There are also plenty of stars headlining the action this weekend. There’s Monet Davis, the Little League World Series phenom, and Ayami Sato, the trailblazing Japanese pitcher."
6. STILL of Mo’ne Davis, throwing during the first day of tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson ID25234822375427)
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7. STILL of Toronto Maple Leafs pitcher Ayami Sato, of Japan, throws against the Kitchener Panthers during an Intercounty Baseball League game in Toronto, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP, ID 25232566513173)
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Washington, DC – 22 August 2025
8. Player pitches in the bullpen practice area
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanis Thames, The Associated Press:
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"The stage is set and the countdown is on. The WPBL launches in 2026."
10. Pans, players rounding bases
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of women flocked to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turning pro baseball dreams into reality.
Some at the historic tryout will be seasoned veterans and trailblazers in the women’s game.
Plenty of others are beginners chasing a shot at the pros.
They’ll meet on the same field in a camp organized by the Women’s Pro Baseball League.
Set to debut next year, the league is holding the first pro women’s baseball tryouts in more than 80 years this weekend in partnership with Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals.
The U.S. hasn’t had a pro women’s league since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League — the one immortalized in “A League of Their Own” — dissolved in 1954.
Players will take part in drill-focused sessions, athletic performance testing and player evaluations at the Nationals’ Youth Baseball Academy over the first three days, and the showcase will culminate in a live game at Nationals Park on August 25. In the end, 150 players will advance to the league’s inaugural draft in October.
For co-founder Justine Siegal, the tryouts mark a crucial step in creating a true arena for female baseball players to compete against one another, which was the driving force behind her vision for the league.
More than 600 players registered for the four-day camp.
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