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Meet the Women Behind the WPBL

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Topic poll · all networksWhat will matter most for the WPBL's growth?

  • Signing marquee star players 0%
  • Landing a major TV deal 0%
  • Building strong rivalries 0%
  • Grassroots youth baseball 0%

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The WPBL spans coasts — unlike the Midwest-only AAGPBL it revives!

The AAGPBL's teams were all in the Midwest — Rockford IL, Kenosha WI, South Bend IN. The WPBL places teams from coast to coast, giving women's pro baseball a truly national footprint for the first time.

Topic poll · all networksThe WPBL is the first women's pro baseball league since the AAGPBL folded in what year?

  1. 1948
  2. 1954
  3. 1961
  4. 1969
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1954

Topic poll · all networksWill the WPBL still be thriving in five years?

  • Yes — it becomes a major league 0%
  • Yes — small but surviving 0%
  • No — funding dries up 0%
  • Too early to say 0%

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