June 7, 2025

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This archaic, outdated version of women’s hoops was played in high schools as recently as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