Quick Pitch: Looking at Recent News and Events

Quick Pitch: Looking at Recent News and Events

In this shortened episode of Women in Baseball Podcast, we take a quick look at some news and updates that have occurred over the past three weeks, including Rockford hosting the Women's Baseball World Cup Finals and the WPBL starting an official podcast.

International Fever: How the Women's Baseball World Cup is shaping up so far

In this episode, we're catching up on a slew of women's baseball news from the past week, while also taking a look at who is in and what's left to be decided for the Women's Baseball World Cup Group Stage this summer. We'll also hear from Laura Hirai (19:35) an infielder/pitcher for the Great Britain women's baseball national team and a fifth round pick by the Boston franchise in the inaugural WPBL Draft. We talked about winning the European Women's Baseball Championship, her thoughts on the upcoming World Cup and more! Intro and outro music by Ievgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay.

Welcome to the Show: Women's Pro Baseball is Back!

In the first episode of the Women in Baseball Podcast, we're talking about the Women's Pro Baseball League — What we already know and also speculating on what could be in store for the league. You'll also hear a little about what to expect from this show going forward, plus an interview (15:53) with Arwen McCullough: founder of the women's baseball college club team at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and sixth round pick by the San Francisco team in the inaugural WPBL Draft. Intro and outro music by Ievgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay.