Women’s pro baseball is back.
The Women’s Professional Baseball League on Wednesday unveiled the nicknames and logos of its four teams ahead of its inaugural season, with each team name inspired by pioneering women.
Kelsie Whitmore, the who was the first overall pick in the WPBL’s , will play for the San Francisco Firebells. Mo’ne Davis, the history-making former , will play center field for the Los Angeles Queens, along with veteran Japanese pitcher Ayami Sato.
There’s also the New York Heights and the Boston Hunters.
The WPBL’s debut season begins on Aug. 1 in Springfield, Illinois 鈥� games will be played at Robin Roberts Stadium 鈥� and will run through the second half of September, including a regular season and playoffs.
鈥淭his is just every little girl鈥檚 dream to play professional baseball,鈥� Whitmore told The Associated Press in March, 鈥渁nd now for us to actually be with each other 鈥� there鈥檚 so much freedom and peace within it.鈥�
Now, the league that has been years in the making is set, hoping to create a space for women’s baseball players similar to the one the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League did 70 years ago.
That starts with the team identities and names, each of which holds a unique meaning.
鈥� The New York Heights were inspired by Dorothy Irene Height, a pioneering civil rights and women鈥檚 rights leader from New York. Their logo includes graphic lines surrounding a baseball, mimicking the speed of a fastball and resembling the New York skyline.
鈥� The San Francisco Firebells were inspired by Lillie Hitchcock Coit, known as 鈥淔irebelle,鈥� who was a champion of San Francisco鈥檚 volunteer firefighters. Their logo fuses a bell with a phoenix.
鈥� The Los Angeles Queens were created after Lizzie Murphy, as baseball pioneer known as the 鈥淨ueen of the Diamond.” The logo is a capital Q topped with four baseball diamonds.
鈥擳he Boston Hunters are inspired by Harriot K. Hunt, a pioneering Boston physician and women鈥檚 rights activist. Their logo is an osprey, clasping a baseball bat in its talons.
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