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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry, this is a very late reply to a three year old post but I feel compelled to add to it. We live in Australia -my daughter has played baseball since she was eight years old. Juniors was always ‘mixed’ teams, though in reality they were mostly boys with a small number of girls playing. Much like in the USA. The difference was that she was always welcomed by the clubs and teams and received the same coaching and development and game opportunities as the boys. No bias or discrimination and no one ever dared point her to a softball diamond. From the age of 13 she also started playing women’s and from the age of 15, as soon as she was eligible, she started playing ‘men’s’ as well - it must be an Australian thing for grown men to welcome a 15 year old girl onto their team. As one coach said recently, any women who can hit like that and throw like that is welcome onto our team. She is in her twenties now and plays in the premier women’s league here (yes, we have one and it is a high standard) and also high level open league with men. She has proudly represented her State and her country in baseball and played in Japan and the USA. None of this would have been if achieved if it wasn’t for the many open minded coaches, officials and players who not only welcomed but encouraged her to play. Unless you get a huge cultural shift in the US, the ‘baseball is for men, softball is for girls’ nonsense will go on forever. And that goes for all the mothers, softball coaches and other women who perpetuate the myth that girls and women can’t play baseball. I hear that another attempt to start up a US women’s baseball league will be made in 2026. Good luck to all the women and men behind this venture. We will be watching and hoping that you will lead the way and turn the tide at last. We believe you can because baseball is the world’s greatest game for girls and women as well as boys and men. Can’t wait![/quote]

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