Sarasota to host All-American Women’s Baseball Classic
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Sixty of the best women baseball players in the world will be in Sarasota Nov. 19-22 for the inaugural All-American Woman’s Baseball Classic Tournament at Ed Smith Stadium.
The tournament is being organized by the Legends of Woman’s Baseball in America, an affiliate of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which fielded women’s teams in the 1940s and ‘50s.
The event will include a free baseball clinic for girls ages 5-18, coached by former major league players and a championship female coaching team. Pro-level tournament competition will begin on Saturday, Nov. 19 between four teams, each wearing replica colors of jerseys worn by the 1943 All-American League.
Many of the players in the tournament are members of the Women’s Baseball World Cup. The event will showcase this generation’s major league-level talent while recognizing the women who paved the way before them, the league said in a news release.
