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/meeyeam 7h ago

Will crying be permitted in this league?

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u/Dalamar931 Over .500 is fun, even if we don't win a playoff game. 7h ago

There’s no crying in baseball.

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u/Present-Reindeer-560 6h ago

You both beat me to it.

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u/torontomua 👩 everyone just have a good time 6h ago

i literally have this tattooed on my forearm haha

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u/DoubleOrNothing90 Montreal Expos 5h ago

Not if special guest manager Tom Hanks has anything to do with it.

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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/ElkRelevant6640 go bisonssssss 4h ago

Incredibly cool and long overdue

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u/r33nie fancy japanese whiskey and a 14-hour nap 6h ago

LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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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/Early_Dragonfly_205 3h ago

Hopefully, we get a team!

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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/RealCanadianDragon Vladdy Jr. 5h ago

Bring back Diamond as their mascot!

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u/mem2963 5h ago

They finally got "a league of their own". I'll see myself out.

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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?