Readers respond: Right idea, wrong sport

Am I the only one who thinks it’s unacceptable that

Major League Baseball is investing in a women’s softball league

? The implicit message this sends is clear:

Men and boys play baseball. Women and girls play softball.

And yet, the 1992 movie ”

A League Of Their Own

” is still considered a classic. This is

based on

the

AAGPBL, a women’s baseball league

that lasted from

1943 to 1954

. Several years ago, a

TV series

based on this movie aired on Amazon.

Now imagine this:

Caitlin Clark

can only play on one side of the basketball court, because full-court is not ladylike. All WNBA games are 6-on-6, because less running is ladylike.

This archaic, outdated version of women’s hoops was played in high schools as recently as

1995 in Oklahoma

Do we really want to continue the baseball equivalent in 2025?

Everyone who claims to be in favor of gender equality should be infuriated as well.

I plan to boycott and will support the new

Women’s Pro Baseball League

, which will hopefully start play next year.

Max Milander Chase, Astoria

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