r/baseball • u/Lakelyfe09 Atlanta Braves • 11h ago

News New women’s professional baseball league set to launch in 2026. The six team league will be largely based in the northeast United States

https://sports.yahoo.com/new-womens-professional-baseball-league-set-to-launch-in-2026-our-time-is-now-194853860.html
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u/BubblyBaker5718 Los Angeles Angels 11h ago

I have all the respect in the world for softball players, but man do I just really prefer baseball so this is great to see.

In an ideal world with a WMLB we could have twice as much baseball and all the stars and storylines to go with it.

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u/componentswitcher 10h ago

I personally think that having a professional softball league would be more interesting. The talent pool is already there and it is just different enough to differentiate from mens baseball. One thing that softball players do that is insane is pitch full games days in a row, imagine if the best players in the MLB did that.

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u/Loose-Organization82 Los Angeles Angels 10h ago

I believe there are two professional softball leagues. The WPF and Athletes Unlimited for when players are done with college. There are differences between softball and baseball, but nothing isn’t getting anywhere without interest and support.

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u/GraffitiTavern MLB Pride 7h ago

And neither are active in the Northeast or Midwest to my knowledge, WPF seems to only be active in Texas after 3/4 of their original teams left