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In 1974, President Ford recommended approval of H.R. 8864- the bill that allowed girls into Little League Baseball.
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And still zero women in professional baseball, minor league baseball or college baseball for that matter. Not as sure about high school baseball but I've not heard of any/many. A meaningless gesture born out by 43 years of no significant advancement into the professional or collegiate leagues.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
It can't just be about kids having fun? Not everyone who plays Little League is going to or expects to play professional baseball.
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Cpl Jeff N.
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - Then why no boys allowed in girls softball leagues? If it is just about fun why not the reciprocation? We know the answer to that question but this was not about fun it was about inserting girls into a boys sport for no real reason.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
Have any boys tried to be in softball leagues? If so then let them. I don't care. Holy shit. Some girls can play baseball. So why not let them? We already know girls and women are capable of it. And football. And wrestling and so on.
Oh and look what I found when I did a quick search: http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/divisions/softball-boys.htm
On the Little League page.
Also women were playing baseball before they could even vote but once it turned into a professional sport and "America's pastime" women got forced out. From 1943 - 1954 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).
Baseball was played at women's colleges in New York and New England as early as the mid-nineteenth century; teams were formed at Vassar College, Smith College, Wellesley College, and Mount Holyoke College. An African American women's team, the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens, was formed in 1867.
A number of women's barnstorming teams have existed, and women have played alongside major league players in exhibition games. On April 2, 1931, 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell (originally known as "Virne Beatrice Mitchell Gilbert") of the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game. Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract as a result.
Oh and look what I found when I did a quick search: http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/divisions/softball-boys.htm
On the Little League page.
Also women were playing baseball before they could even vote but once it turned into a professional sport and "America's pastime" women got forced out. From 1943 - 1954 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).
Baseball was played at women's colleges in New York and New England as early as the mid-nineteenth century; teams were formed at Vassar College, Smith College, Wellesley College, and Mount Holyoke College. An African American women's team, the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens, was formed in 1867.
A number of women's barnstorming teams have existed, and women have played alongside major league players in exhibition games. On April 2, 1931, 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell (originally known as "Virne Beatrice Mitchell Gilbert") of the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game. Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract as a result.
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Cpl Jeff N.
I think you are making my point. Women played in an all woman league, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) for many years. I am well aware of women's baseball leagues and swim teams and tennis teams etc. etc. etc. What is the point?
We are were talking about girls being put into boys leagues. It isn't allowed the other way, by the way. Boys cannot play in girls softball leagues.
We are were talking about girls being put into boys leagues. It isn't allowed the other way, by the way. Boys cannot play in girls softball leagues.
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If there were true equality of the genders, we wouldn't have separate professional leagues, one for men and one for women. The military is the only organization that sees all the same, at least on the surface.
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MCPO Roger Collins
I would think up through Middle School. It's not uncommon in our area, all sports.
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My next door neighbors daughter was able to play the next season due to this.
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