{"id":321621,"date":"2025-10-21T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/321621\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:46:10","slug":"womens-professional-baseball-league-boston-los-angeles-new-york-and-san-francisco-chosen-as-first-four-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/321621\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Professional Baseball League: Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco chosen as first four teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco have been announced as the cities representing the four teams during the inaugural season of the Women\u2019s Professional Baseball League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are so excited to finally announce the WPBL\u2019s first four teams \u2014 New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco,\u201d said league co-founder Justine Siegal<\/a> in a statement. \u201cEach of these cities are storied sports cities and we can\u2019t wait to connect with the fans who live there and baseball fans across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The league made the announcement on Tuesday ahead of next month’s draft.<\/p>\n

The four cities were selected “because of their fan support, market size, media presence and rich baseball histories,” according to the WPBL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles<\/strong> \u2014 Bright lights. Boundless energy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A city that thrives on performance and personality, Los Angeles will bring the star power and excitement that define its sports culture. Expect flair, competition and a roster built to entertain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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San Francisco<\/strong> \u2014 Innovation meets tradition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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From the Golden Gate to the diamond, San Francisco\u2019s team reflects the city\u2019s creative spirit and resilience. The Bay Area\u2019s baseball community has long been passionate \u2014 now it has a new team to rally behind.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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New York <\/strong>\u2014 Grit. Glamour. Greatness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Few cities embody baseball quite like New York. With its fierce pride and legendary rivalries, NY sets the perfect stage for the WPBL to shine under the brightest lights in sports.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Boston<\/strong> \u2014 Where the past meets progress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A city steeped in baseball history embraces the future with open arms. Boston\u2019s team will stand on the shoulders of generations of fans and players who have defined the sport\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Initially announced as a six-team league, the WPBL will begin play in 2026 and mark the first active professional women\u2019s baseball league in the country. Tryouts were held in August in Washington D.C. and the top 100 players, including former Little League star Mo\u2019ne Davis<\/a> and USA baseball\u2019s Kelsie Whitmore, advanced to the WPBL Draft<\/a>. Each of the four teams will feature 15 players.<\/p>\n

A regular-season schedule has not been released and it’s unknown how many games each team will play. The league did say that games will take place at a neutral venue and there will be playoffs and an all-star competition.<\/p>\n

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Siegal was the first woman to coach professional men\u2019s baseball in the United States when she joined the Oakland Athletics organization in 2015. Siegal is also the founder of Baseball For All, which is a nonprofit organization that helps girls play and coach baseball throughout the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco have been announced as the cities representing the four teams…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":321622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2731,51,160933,160930,224,405,50,5055,160934,2750,3780,52,160931,160932],"class_list":{"0":"post-321621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-boston","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-jess-rapfogel","11":"tag-justine-siegal","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-oakland-athletics","16":"tag-pro-baseball-league","17":"tag-san-francisco","18":"tag-teams","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-womens-professional-baseball-league","21":"tag-wpbl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115413174379152256","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}