Women’s baseball league to launch amid growing interest in women’s sports

The Women’s Professional Baseball League announced plans last month to launch in 2026 as a six-team circuit for female players.

For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau’s trailblazing baseball career—all except her time as a double in A League of Their Own, really—she shared the field with men. Frequently, as teammates. Always as foes. That’s mostly how it’s been for generations of female players.