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The girls of summer

CBS News · October 11, 2026 at 10:24 AM

Women's pro baseball has been largely inactive in this country since the pioneering All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded 72 years ago.

Now, with the new Women's Pro Baseball League (which debuted last month), women are again taking to the diamond in a league of their own.

Correspondent Faith Salie talks with #1 draft pick Kelsie Whitmore; catcher Maggie Foxx; commissioner Justine Siegal; and CEO Keith Stein about what the new league means for women and sports.

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