From Banana Ball to the WPBL, these out athletes are changing the baseball landscape
By Brian C. Bell · Published on Outsports
Women’s professional baseball makes its comeback next month when the Women’s Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season on Aug. 1. The current landscape of professional women’s sports positions the new league in a great spot to gain attention and build a sustainable landscape for women to build careers in baseball. And, like every other major women’s sports league, the WPBL boasts a bevy of out LGBTQ players that add further representation at its very foundation. Some of the le