Fans will have the opportunity to watch the launch of a new pro sports league next summer in Springfield.

The Women's Professional Baseball League plans its inaugural season with four teams named for major cities: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston.

But the games will be played in the Capital City.

A player draft is planned for Thursday and will be broadcast live on YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok.

League organizers say they chose Springfield because of its location and the city was also the site of the first game where women were paid to play baseball in 1875.

The city also had a women’s pro team after World War II called the Sallies. It was part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was founded in 1943 and made famous in the film A League of The

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