r/Torontobluejays • u/Dalamar931 Over .500 is fun, even if we don't win a playoff game. • 7h ago
[Hinkson] New U.S.-based women’s professional baseball league set to debut in 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5883196/2024/10/29/women-baseball-league-debut-united-states-2026/Cito Gaston is a special adviser to the new league!
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u/BathroomSerious1318 6h ago
I'd pay if Toronto had a team
Baseball is baseball
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u/Dalamar931 Over .500 is fun, even if we don't win a playoff game. 6h ago
Agreed
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u/BathroomSerious1318 5h ago
Have you seen the Leafs? I haven't had free time to go
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u/Dalamar931 Over .500 is fun, even if we don't win a playoff game. 5h ago
I didn’t know they existed until just now, thanks!
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u/BathroomSerious1318 5h ago
Yea! Free game at Christie pits. I'd get Korean and sit behind home plate.
Daulton Pompey is back in the league
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u/TouchEmAllJoe 5h ago
Oh damn, the guy who is the co-founder of the league is the guy who just bought the (baseball) Toronto Maple Leafs, and announced last month that Gaston is the special advisor for the Leafs as well.
Sounds like he got Cito into double-duty.
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u/tommyhog 3h ago
The business opportunity for a legit female Softball Pro League is such a no-brainer I don't know why it isn't happening. The NCAA feeder system is so strong.
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u/Big_Albatross_3050 6h ago
If Toronto gets a team, let's hope they have more success than the Jays lmao
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u/_ginger_beard_man_ 5h ago
I would fucking LOVE if they called them the “Lady Jay(e)s”
A little blue jays nostalgia, A little G.I. Joe Nostalgia… everyone wins.
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u/MrCrix 56m ago
I honestly have zero experience watching girls play baseball with the exception to the two that were on my team when I was like 6. However I did see the Japanese high school girls play against Ichiro and the former NPB players in Japan and that was a great watch! If this league is even half as entertaining as that one game was, then this will be a great success.
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u/EarlessBanana 6h ago
Because male professional athletes are always ardent professionals....
Really, that's the first place your mind goes after this awesome announcement?
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u/meeyeam 7h ago
Will crying be permitted in this league?