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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm assuming you mean "diversity" as shorthand for racially diverse, as in you don't want a team of all white girls.

I've been around softball for about 20 years as a coach and an umpire. The plain truth of it is it's a white girl's sport. Occasionally I'll see a team where there are some black girls, but it's rare and it's noticeable. [b]Latino girls are even more rare because Hispanics generally discourage females from doing athletics -- [/b]I know this because a softball association I used to be a part of actively tried to recruit for players in that community (which was a sizeable one in our area) to no avail.

The reason softball is a "white sport" is money. Fields are more plentiful in the exburbs, which are whiter. And it's an expensive sport -- bats cost $400, for example -- so socio-economic factors are at play.

I wish I could tell you to go check out this organization or that organization, but I think it's really going to be a team-by-team thing. I'd just go to tryouts and try to get a sense for overall team vibes while you size up the racial components.

I will say there was one team associated with the Washington Nationals that might be more diverse, simply because it pulled from DC proper. But I don't know what age levels they're at.  https://www.mlb.com/nationals/community/youth-baseball-and-softball[/quote]

What, what??

I am Latina.  Are you kidding?  Quit it with the ridiculous stereotypes.  Soccer is HUGE for Latina girls in MoCo.  And volleyball, FWIW.  Now, we’re also getting into softball and field hockey.[/quote]

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