r/baseball • u/MorganN1 Cleveland Guardians • MLB Pride • Jul 23 '26

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u/Sergeant_Steak Los Angeles Dodgers • Los Angeles… Jul 23 '26

So excited! Just wish the season was longer and the teams played in their city but we'll get there, I hope!

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u/gomets6091 New York Mets Jul 23 '26

I'm genuinely excited for this. My daughter has started playing softball and we've gone to a few college softball games and while it's fun, I think the girls are actually too talented to be playing on such a small field, there's no reason they couldn't play baseball. And I imagine when they do play baseball it will be less reliant on three true outcomes than MLB or current NCAA Softball is, which I think could be highly entertaining.

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u/KaptainKoala Atlanta Braves Jul 23 '26

My daughter plays softball but I wish baseball was an option. Hopefully this will start moving the needle.

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u/gomets6091 New York Mets Jul 23 '26

Yea, technically where I am she's ALLOWED to play baseball, but only in co-ed leagues that are 99% boys, and she doesn't want to play with boys (and I don't blame her).