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New women’s baseball league is loaded with gay players, a fitting tribute to a 99-year-old pioneer

The WPBL is set to debut with almost a third of its roster comprised of out LGBTQ players. Maybelle Blair is so proud!
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Honkbal te traag en te saai? Met deze nieuwe regels gaat de MLB letterlijk met de tijd mee

De opwindende World Baseball Classic, het officieuze WK honkbal, was deze maand pure reclame voor de sport. Toch moet het allemaal anders, zo vinden ze in Amerika, waar het nieuwe MLB-seizoen ...
CNN

Baseball in Japan is more than just a game. The Japanese stars in MLB carry that pressure everywhere they go

Watch “Homecoming: The Tokyo Series,” which will begin streaming on the CNN app at 9 a.m. ET on Friday. Subscribe to All Access here. Baseball in Japan, according to Yasuko Tanahara, starts and ends ...
CNN

‘These days truly feel like a fairytale’: What Team Italy’s run in the World Baseball Classic means to Italian baseball fans

Team Italy pitcher Dylan DeLucia threw four shutout innings in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Puerto Rico – purportedly the first baseball game to be broadcast on national ...
The Guardian

The strange history of baseball’s superstitions: ‘Magic is in the sport’s very structure’

A new book looks at how rituals, charms and curses are central to the identity of America’s pastime It’s a Chicago legend, nurtured like a hot dog with everything except ketchup. During the 1945 World ...