Betts: The transfer portal; an easy out or a necessary safety net?

“The world of college athletics is changing. 

Some of which is for the better and some of it, depending on who you ask, might be for the worse. 

In college baseball, the transfer portal has become a hot button topic over the past several years. 

Those in favour often see it as a chance to create opportunities for players. Those opposed sometimes feel like it’s an easy out when things aren’t going a players way. “

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Verge: Baseball Manitoba launches new 12U girls division

“An all-girls baseball division coming to Manitoba this summer will provide young athletes in the province a new opportunity.

In the past three years, the number of girls playing baseball in the province has grown each year, with 500 more girls picking up baseball in 2024 than 2022. There were approximately 1,300 girls registered in the province then, and that's up to 1800, said Baseball Manitoba program director James Zamko.

They want to continue to see that number grow, which is one of the goals behind the new 12U Division.”

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SandlotsMelissa Verge
Antonacci: Asay, Noga in league of their own

“Growing up in Prince George, B.C., future Women’s National Team mainstay Amanda Asay was a big fan of “A League of Their Own,” the 1992 movie directed by Penny Marshall that chronicled the early days of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Decades later, Asay – who died tragically after a skiing accident in 2022 at age 33 – will be posthumously inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Canadian AAGPBL star Arleene Noga, who consulted on and appeared in the beloved film that introduced new generations to the pioneering women’s baseball league.“

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