What Inspires Me? Women in Baseball
Baseball! Baseball! Baseball! As I write the World Series 2022—Phillies vs Astros or Astros vs Phillies—which team goes first at this point is still anyone’s bet!
This past spring and summer—through the more than 3-month long MLB owner-imposed Lockout, frenetic Spring Training, Regular and Post-season MLB 2022 — Shohei Ohtoni chasing Babe Ruth’s pitching records; Aaron Judge chasing Roger Maris’s season home run record; who was playing well, playing bad, losing, winning… it’s been about the guys!
But…
In the movie “A League of Their Own” Tom Hanks playing team manager Jimmy Dugan wails, “There’s no crying in baseball!”
Notice, Jimmy Dugan (maybe my favorite baseball coach ever) didn’t say there are no women in baseball. He didn’t say it then. And he absolutely would not say it now. Because while there may not be many women MLB players now/yet. There most certainly are women in baseball!
We’re talking . . .
Women in the Big Leagues Baby! The MLB!
Women of various backgrounds, ethnicities, ages—
Female General Manager!
Female Managers!
Female Coaches!
Female Scouts!
Female Player’s too!
The writing is on the wall at the Louisville Slugger Muesum and Factory:
These photos featuring some of the women working in the MLB this year, 2022. I write “some” because there are more! —many behind the scenes—and many ahead of the game (watch it, that “lady” in the stands might be a scout!)
These profiles grace the walls of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. I snapped them on a recent visit—that’s an inspiring place too! (Another post; another time). Right now, today, while the teams, players, fans—the world—is buzzing with World Series 2022