Women and hardball

Underground ...

There have been women at the college level who have played baseball and even football, but the bottom line ... we just don't look as good in those tight white pants as the men do ...

Yeah, I think there were even a couple girls who played in the majors, but why not start up a professional league like with hockey and basketball? I also think we guys need to go back to the baggy outfits of the pre 70's!!!

I would suspect that one of the main factors ... THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY MONEY IN IT FOR THE OWNERS.

No matter how we may want to think things have changed in this society, we do not pay to watch women play professional sports. (I will not put a value on it as good or bad ... just stating my perceptions.) And if people won't pay to watch them play, a team and its owner(s) will go by the wayside.

JMHO

I'm sure some would pay to watch girls playing sports in tight uniforms but yeah I see your point. There's hardly any women's hockey and basketball on TV except during the Olympics.

Underground,
Here in Boston, actually in the burbs, there is a women's professional BB team...the Blue Sox...there are actually several womens teams but they are not well publicized...we also have a semipro womens football team...but I'll stick to watching Tom Brady throw a pass any day

Are any of their games on TV? Have you been to any? If so, how much do they charge and how many other people show up-and are they mostly guys
Also what size fields do they play on? Do they have the bases at 90 feet? I know in the WNBA they have a smaller ball than the NBA and have a closer 3-point line, but the free-throw lane is the same size. Do they have girl umps too? I think there are or were a couple girl umps in the Majors too.
If they can come up with a successful national women's basketball league, why can't they do the same with a baseball league, especially since it's America's national pastime?

Saw on TV they have a pro women's football league I think it was in Boston.

i know this is a late reply, but I wanted to let you know that there are womens leagues in the united states. There are teams in nj bergen county, philly, nyc, (we cover the five boroughs long island and westchester) washington dc, rhode island, also a few out on the west in colorado.
We play on a regulation sized baseball field, wood or aluminum bats. (though our outfield is HUGE )
The answer to why no professional baseball, honestly the level of play is not up there yet for that. There is a national team that competes against other countries like japan, australia, canada and on occasion dominican republic.
We have to encourage more young girls to come out and play baseball, but most of them are encouraged to play fastpitch softball ;(