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Decades after ‘A League of Their Own,’ women’s pro baseball returns

The Women’s Pro Baseball League opens its inaugural season this weekend.
Mo'ne Davis and Denae Benites at tryouts for the Women's Pro Baseball League in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2025.
Mo'ne Davis and Denae Benites at tryouts for the Women's Pro Baseball League in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2025.Leila Register / Noah Willman for NBC News
By David K. Li

Sprinting 90 feet at a time and hurling fastballs from 60 1/2 feet has been the domain of men’s baseball players for more than seven decades on U.S. soil.

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