Major League Baseball to make investment in women’s professional softball league \ stacker news ~Stacker

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I didn't know this league existed. https://theausl.com/

OPENING DAY IS JUNE 7

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League is the premier professional women's softball league in the United States. Featuring four teams — the Bandits, Blaze, Talons, and Volts — the AUSL delivers a 24-game professional softball season across 10 major cities in the U.S., culminating in a best-of-3 Championship. It is complemented by the AUSL All-Star Cup – a four-week season where 60 professional softball players compete utilizing Athletes Unlimited’s innovative format, taking place in Rosemont, IL, and Raleigh and Greenville, NC.

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111 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 29 May

I didn’t know there was a women’s pro league either. My daughter’s training starts now!

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 29 May

They have been around since 2020 and its great to see MLB take a page out of the NBA playbook here to help the league. Not only does this give college athletes a path after college but it can end up really helping MLB as well.

Triple A Stadiums would be great locations to host these teams moving forward and expanding the teams to say 6 or 10 and you can stick them in Houston, Scranton Penn where the Yankees have there Triple A, Salt Lake, Reno, Nashville, etc.

There are a ton of options that can be duel use!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Wumbo OP 29 May

Triple A Stadiums would be great locations to host these teams moving forward and expanding the teams to say 6 or 10 and you can stick them in Houston, Scranton Penn where the Yankees have there Triple A, Salt Lake, Reno, Nashville, etc.

I think it would be decent amount effort to change a Professional baseball field to softball. Probally easier to play on a softball field.

Infield has to change, Fences have to come in.

Softball vs Baseball might have the biggest difference of all the sports.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 29 May

Not to undercut softball but MLB isnt going to finance stadiums that will work and that is what they need are stadiums that hold people. Issues like the warning track depth, outfield depth, even the distances between the bases and the mound to home are not issues. Adjustable fencing that looks good is something that can easily be used along with moving the bases.

The biggest issue that is faced is the pitchers mount needing to disappear since softball is played on a flat circle mound. Even the composition of the infield like grass vs not isnt a huge deal for a league that is practically dead.

Even using college softball stadiums would be an issue not only due to attendance size but also the biggest softball fans are honestly in not very populated areas. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, etc. are the biggest baddest programs that would have a softball base they could pull from.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 29 May

I always enjoyed college softball when I can catch it. Hopefully this investment from mlb can grow their exposure