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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:37 AM Jul 2016

Sonoma Stompers Goes Co-Ed, Will Field Two Women

Source: NBC News

Whatever the final score Friday night, it'll be a win for women everywhere.

Minor league baseball's independent Sonoma Stompers will make history when two women take the field against the San Rafael Pacifics.

The team's starting line-up will include Kelsie Whitmore, a 17-year-old outfielder and pitcher, and 25-year-old pitcher and infielder Stacy Piagno. Both are set to play for Team USA in September's Women's Baseball World Cup.

That'll make the Stompers the first co-ed professional baseball team since the 1950s to feature more than one female player at the same time.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/sonoma-stompers-goes-co-ed-will-field-two-women-n602211

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Sonoma Stompers Goes Co-Ed, Will Field Two Women (Original Post) Major Nikon Jul 2016 OP
Some people will wine about it, but that's just sour grapes (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #1
Good, I hope they live up to their name. malthaussen Jul 2016 #2

malthaussen

(17,239 posts)
2. Good, I hope they live up to their name.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:57 AM
Jul 2016

Hey, and Coastal Carolina won last night. That's why they bother to play the games.

-- Mal

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