1 00:00:21,151 --> 00:00:22,239 Go! 2 00:00:24,285 --> 00:00:27,331 Today, we will witness the first co-ed team 3 00:00:27,375 --> 00:00:32,075 in professional baseball since the 1950s. 4 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:33,859 You see baseball all the time, 5 00:00:33,903 --> 00:00:37,080 but you never think about seeing a woman out there. 6 00:00:37,124 --> 00:00:38,777 I don't know why they get so hung up on this. 7 00:00:38,821 --> 00:00:41,171 There's nothing wrong with being not so great at sports. 8 00:00:41,215 --> 00:00:42,955 Like I can't cook a good soufflé. 9 00:00:44,348 --> 00:00:45,958 What you're about to see 10 00:00:46,002 --> 00:00:47,743 is not a work of fiction, 11 00:00:47,786 --> 00:00:50,528 but it is a story of many dreams 12 00:00:50,572 --> 00:00:53,792 that you've likely never seen it or heard of it before. 13 00:00:53,836 --> 00:00:55,664 A pivotal Group C matchup today. 14 00:00:55,707 --> 00:00:58,101 Two teams collide on a huge stage. 15 00:00:58,145 --> 00:00:59,929 Both need a victory to advance. 16 00:01:02,888 --> 00:01:04,194 Holmes and her first triple, the play today, 17 00:01:04,238 --> 00:01:06,892 a double to left that brought home two runs. 18 00:01:06,936 --> 00:01:09,199 Courage, passion, 19 00:01:09,243 --> 00:01:12,507 perseverance against all odds. 20 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:15,553 This is the world of women's baseball. 21 00:01:15,597 --> 00:01:17,729 -Let's go, Ebony, let's go. -Let's go, Ebony, let's go. 22 00:01:17,773 --> 00:01:19,949 -Let's go, Ebony, let's go. -Let's go, Ebony, let's go. 23 00:01:19,992 --> 00:01:21,124 People wouldn't believe me 24 00:01:21,168 --> 00:01:22,473 when I'd say I play baseball. 25 00:01:22,517 --> 00:01:23,996 They're like, "Oh, you mean softball." 26 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,130 I'm like, "No, I play baseball with all the guys." 27 00:01:27,174 --> 00:01:29,045 And you have to actually do the function, 28 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:30,133 -like not this, but... - Yeah, you can't do it 29 00:01:30,177 --> 00:01:32,004 -like this. -Yeah. 30 00:01:32,048 --> 00:01:34,659 My coach said "I don't think you should play 31 00:01:34,703 --> 00:01:37,314 for my team anymore, because you're taking spots away 32 00:01:37,358 --> 00:01:39,751 from boys that could potentially be college prospects. 33 00:01:39,795 --> 00:01:41,318 It was after a game, 34 00:01:41,362 --> 00:01:43,015 and this guy had tweeted, 35 00:01:43,059 --> 00:01:45,192 "Why aren't you playing softball?" 36 00:01:45,235 --> 00:01:47,846 Baseball is for boys and softball is for girls. 37 00:01:47,890 --> 00:01:49,979 That's something that's just been kinda carried 38 00:01:50,022 --> 00:01:51,850 in people's head for so long. 39 00:01:51,894 --> 00:01:54,114 I played baseball since I was five years old, 40 00:01:54,157 --> 00:01:55,202 and ever since then, 41 00:01:55,245 --> 00:01:57,595 I just fell in love with the game. 42 00:01:57,639 --> 00:01:59,858 I played till I was 14. 43 00:01:59,902 --> 00:02:01,991 Went to high school, they didn't let me play. 44 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:03,079 I think that's just something 45 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,341 that we have to deal with 46 00:02:04,385 --> 00:02:07,692 being women playing in a men's sport. 47 00:02:07,736 --> 00:02:10,565 Women play rugby, women play soccer, 48 00:02:10,608 --> 00:02:13,742 women play basketball, mixed martial arts. 49 00:02:13,785 --> 00:02:16,136 Women do all these violent sports. 50 00:02:18,007 --> 00:02:20,009 What is the issue with baseball? 51 00:02:35,372 --> 00:02:36,634 Whoa! 52 00:02:36,678 --> 00:02:39,028 Good job, Marti, way to hit the ball, all right. 53 00:02:39,071 --> 00:02:42,292 You are the next Nomar Garciaparra, baby! 54 00:02:42,336 --> 00:02:45,295 I grew up playing baseball in Southern California. 55 00:02:45,339 --> 00:02:47,645 My dad trained me before I could walk. 56 00:02:47,689 --> 00:02:49,125 Marti was adorable. 57 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:51,040 She looked like Shirley Temple, 58 00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:54,261 striking out boys when she's seven, eight years old. 59 00:02:54,304 --> 00:02:57,089 KNBC and KABC would show up. 60 00:02:57,133 --> 00:02:59,440 They thought she was the mascot or something else, 61 00:02:59,483 --> 00:03:01,006 and then they would see the windup, 62 00:03:01,050 --> 00:03:02,617 pretty much the same windup she has now 63 00:03:02,660 --> 00:03:03,792 that she had at seven, 64 00:03:03,835 --> 00:03:06,186 and it just made for pretty good TV. 65 00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:08,449 Well, it looks like you enjoy playing baseball, 66 00:03:08,492 --> 00:03:09,011 -is that right? -Yeah. 67 00:03:09,011 --> 00:03:11,143 That I can be in the major leagues. 68 00:03:11,187 --> 00:03:12,666 -The major leagues? -Mm-hmm. 69 00:03:16,366 --> 00:03:18,585 As far back as I can remember, 70 00:03:18,629 --> 00:03:21,066 I've played baseball and I've loved the game. 71 00:03:21,109 --> 00:03:24,025 I used to turn on a baseball game 72 00:03:24,069 --> 00:03:25,636 and fall asleep on the couch, 73 00:03:25,679 --> 00:03:27,507 and my brother would walk in and change the channel 74 00:03:27,551 --> 00:03:29,161 and I would immediately wake up. 75 00:03:29,205 --> 00:03:30,815 And I would say, "Hey, I was watching that." 76 00:03:30,858 --> 00:03:32,338 And he would say, "You were sleeping!" 77 00:03:32,382 --> 00:03:33,470 And I said, "No, I was watching it." 78 00:03:36,647 --> 00:03:39,693 I like that baseball is way more complicated 79 00:03:39,737 --> 00:03:41,129 than people think. 80 00:03:41,173 --> 00:03:43,915 The average fans sees the game, they see home runs, 81 00:03:43,958 --> 00:03:45,308 -they see strikeouts... 82 00:03:45,351 --> 00:03:47,310 and that's about as deep as they get. 83 00:03:47,353 --> 00:03:49,486 But it's so much more complicated than that. 84 00:03:49,529 --> 00:03:51,314 There's so much more going on. 85 00:03:51,357 --> 00:03:54,665 I can't say that at five, I appreciated all those things, 86 00:03:54,708 --> 00:03:56,536 but certainly, the seed was planted. 87 00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:01,454 We start in tee-ball and there's a handful of other girls, 88 00:04:01,498 --> 00:04:05,545 and then you get to machine or coach pitch, and... 89 00:04:05,589 --> 00:04:06,938 there are fewer girls. 90 00:04:06,981 --> 00:04:10,333 Then you get to kid pitch and I was the only girl. 91 00:04:10,376 --> 00:04:11,638 But I love the game. 92 00:04:13,249 --> 00:04:16,208 In 1931, The Yankees were on their way back 93 00:04:16,252 --> 00:04:18,297 from spring training when they stopped 94 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:21,344 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to play an exhibition game. 95 00:04:21,387 --> 00:04:23,650 There, they faced Jackie Mitchell 96 00:04:23,694 --> 00:04:27,698 who struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. 97 00:04:27,741 --> 00:04:29,265 The next day in the paper, 98 00:04:29,308 --> 00:04:31,354 Babe Ruth was quoted, saying, 99 00:04:31,397 --> 00:04:32,877 "I don't know what's going to happen 100 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,531 if they begin to let women in baseball. 101 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:36,663 Of course, they will never make good. 102 00:04:36,707 --> 00:04:37,751 Why? 103 00:04:37,795 --> 00:04:39,840 Because they are too delicate." 104 00:04:39,884 --> 00:04:41,799 No one knows for certain why. 105 00:04:41,842 --> 00:04:43,104 But the next day, 106 00:04:43,148 --> 00:04:45,542 Jackie Mitchell's contract was voided. 107 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:48,327 Since then, no woman has played 108 00:04:48,371 --> 00:04:50,242 on a Major League affiliated team. 109 00:04:54,072 --> 00:04:56,335 Ever since I was six, I've been playing baseball. 110 00:04:56,379 --> 00:04:58,772 My dad kinda got me into it. 111 00:04:58,816 --> 00:05:00,470 When she was a very young age, 112 00:05:00,513 --> 00:05:02,646 you know, I would teach her the proper mechanics 113 00:05:02,689 --> 00:05:05,301 to throwing, balance, the swing mechanics. 114 00:05:05,344 --> 00:05:06,693 I would video tape her, 115 00:05:06,737 --> 00:05:08,695 we'd break it down, she'd get to watch it. 116 00:05:08,739 --> 00:05:10,131 It got to the point where he was like, 117 00:05:10,175 --> 00:05:11,437 "Well, don't you wanna get in a league, 118 00:05:11,481 --> 00:05:13,178 and don't you wanna play?" 119 00:05:13,221 --> 00:05:16,224 And I kept saying no. I didn't want to do it. 120 00:05:16,268 --> 00:05:18,314 And one of my biggest concerns, I was like, 121 00:05:18,357 --> 00:05:21,578 "Well, if I gotta play, do I have to have my hair up?" 122 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:22,753 She saw every girl 123 00:05:22,796 --> 00:05:23,884 that had her hair in a ponytail, 124 00:05:23,928 --> 00:05:26,017 assumed that it had to be that way. 125 00:05:26,060 --> 00:05:27,192 I said, "You can have your hair any way you want to, 126 00:05:27,235 --> 00:05:28,280 first of all." 127 00:05:28,324 --> 00:05:29,847 "Then I wanna play baseball." 128 00:05:29,890 --> 00:05:31,762 At 11 and 12, you know, 129 00:05:31,805 --> 00:05:33,851 I kept getting people that would say, "Well, you know, 130 00:05:33,894 --> 00:05:36,201 when the boys start getting stronger and faster, 131 00:05:36,244 --> 00:05:37,550 things are gonna change a little bit, 132 00:05:37,594 --> 00:05:38,986 and they never did. 133 00:05:39,030 --> 00:05:40,727 She was a baseball player. You know? 134 00:05:40,771 --> 00:05:42,947 And it wasn't she threw like a girl or threw like a boy, 135 00:05:42,990 --> 00:05:44,078 she threw like an athlete. 136 00:05:44,122 --> 00:05:45,776 And then high school came around, 137 00:05:45,819 --> 00:05:47,386 she's like, "I wanna play baseball." 138 00:05:50,955 --> 00:05:54,524 I'd always wanted to be on the Dodgers. 139 00:05:54,567 --> 00:05:57,483 And I kept having these fantasies, 140 00:05:57,527 --> 00:06:00,051 this might be why I became a political scientist, 141 00:06:00,094 --> 00:06:01,966 that they would change the law 142 00:06:02,009 --> 00:06:05,012 by the time I got to be nine and I could play Little League. 143 00:06:06,405 --> 00:06:09,147 In 1973, there were lawsuits 144 00:06:09,190 --> 00:06:12,324 to allow girls to play Little League Baseball. 145 00:06:12,368 --> 00:06:13,804 One team physician said, 146 00:06:13,847 --> 00:06:16,328 "No, girls' bones are softer at this age. 147 00:06:16,372 --> 00:06:17,590 They break much easier." 148 00:06:17,634 --> 00:06:19,200 Or there was talk about 149 00:06:19,244 --> 00:06:21,986 if a girl gets hit in the chest with a ball, 150 00:06:22,029 --> 00:06:23,727 she's gonna get breast cancer later. 151 00:06:23,770 --> 00:06:26,077 I mean, this is just crazy science 152 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,646 to keep little boys and little girls segregated. 153 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:32,736 Little League Baseball lost in 1973, 154 00:06:32,779 --> 00:06:35,260 and the Hoboken, New Jersey Little League 155 00:06:35,303 --> 00:06:38,350 shut down for a year rather than let girls play with boys. 156 00:06:39,525 --> 00:06:41,179 Of course, legally they couldn't stop 157 00:06:41,222 --> 00:06:42,963 the two girls that played with the boys, 158 00:06:43,007 --> 00:06:45,052 but they certainly didn't support them. 159 00:06:45,096 --> 00:06:46,967 Instead of starting girls baseball 160 00:06:47,011 --> 00:06:48,404 or welcoming co-ed baseball, 161 00:06:48,447 --> 00:06:50,101 they created the softball league. 162 00:06:50,144 --> 00:06:52,538 And that sort of became the popular version 163 00:06:52,582 --> 00:06:54,671 of this is what girls do and this is what boys do. 164 00:06:56,629 --> 00:06:58,239 Totally two different sports. 165 00:06:58,283 --> 00:06:59,719 We're two different sports. 166 00:06:59,763 --> 00:07:02,156 I relay to this as tennis and ping-pong. 167 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,332 It's the same concept, different dimensions, 168 00:07:06,422 --> 00:07:07,814 but totally different sport. 169 00:07:09,250 --> 00:07:11,078 She can hit, she can pitch, 170 00:07:11,122 --> 00:07:14,299 but Stacy Piagno doesn't play softball. 171 00:07:14,342 --> 00:07:16,083 As Fox30's Brent Martineau explains, 172 00:07:16,127 --> 00:07:19,783 like the movie, Stacy, she's in a league of her own. 173 00:07:19,826 --> 00:07:22,481 The fastball is pretty good. 174 00:07:22,525 --> 00:07:24,657 The curveball can be nasty. 175 00:07:24,701 --> 00:07:26,267 Strike! 176 00:07:26,311 --> 00:07:28,879 Not bad stuff for a pitcher with a ponytail. 177 00:07:28,922 --> 00:07:30,620 This is normal for me, you know. 178 00:07:30,663 --> 00:07:33,927 I've always played baseball since I was little. 179 00:07:33,971 --> 00:07:37,409 Stacy Piagno is one of the guys. 180 00:07:37,453 --> 00:07:39,150 I grew up playing when I was younger. 181 00:07:39,193 --> 00:07:41,544 You know, it just started off as something fun to do. 182 00:07:41,587 --> 00:07:43,676 Me and my brother, we both played. 183 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,853 As I got older, um, I definitely fell in love with the sport, 184 00:07:46,897 --> 00:07:50,117 just how, you know, anybody falls in love with what they do. 185 00:07:50,161 --> 00:07:51,902 And I had a pretty easygoing past. 186 00:07:51,945 --> 00:07:53,599 You know, I was always pretty accepted growing up 187 00:07:53,643 --> 00:07:55,645 with my coaches and teammates. 188 00:07:55,688 --> 00:07:57,255 But it got to the point where 189 00:07:57,298 --> 00:07:59,866 I have to either, you know, 190 00:07:59,910 --> 00:08:04,741 work my butt off to stay in this sport or just slide out. 191 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:06,525 I played high school baseball with the boys, 192 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:09,528 then I went to college and I ended up playing softball. 193 00:08:09,572 --> 00:08:11,399 Softball, it is a different sport, 194 00:08:11,443 --> 00:08:13,532 but at least I was, you know, running 195 00:08:13,576 --> 00:08:15,229 and throwing something. 196 00:08:16,002 --> 00:08:16,803 You just gotta work a hundred times harder 197 00:08:16,847 --> 00:08:21,155 to fit in, to earn respect, and to, to do well. 198 00:08:23,114 --> 00:08:24,637 Whenever I came into the ballpark, 199 00:08:24,681 --> 00:08:26,421 I was a little nervous, I was a little scared. 200 00:08:26,465 --> 00:08:28,206 I didn't know what to expect. 201 00:08:28,249 --> 00:08:29,468 I wasn't like the guys who were able 202 00:08:29,512 --> 00:08:30,817 to change in the locker room. 203 00:08:30,861 --> 00:08:32,558 I changed in the restroom. 204 00:08:34,255 --> 00:08:36,562 As I was walking to the batting cages, 205 00:08:36,606 --> 00:08:38,433 I literally asked myself, "Do I want this?" 206 00:08:38,477 --> 00:08:40,218 Like, is this something I really want? 207 00:08:40,261 --> 00:08:42,873 I, like, paused and I was like, "Yeah, I want this." 208 00:08:44,004 --> 00:08:45,397 Run! Go! 209 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,442 I definitely had that dream as a kid. 210 00:08:47,486 --> 00:08:51,055 I wanted to be the first woman in professional leagues. 211 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:53,100 I, I think I probably wrote some story 212 00:08:53,144 --> 00:08:56,147 for some elementary school essay. 213 00:08:58,410 --> 00:09:00,194 I decided I was gonna give it a shot 214 00:09:00,238 --> 00:09:01,892 at the high school level. 215 00:09:01,935 --> 00:09:05,373 I actually wrote a letter to all the high school coaches 216 00:09:05,417 --> 00:09:07,506 uh, at schools that I could attend. 217 00:09:07,550 --> 00:09:09,203 I wasn't asking for special treatment, 218 00:09:09,247 --> 00:09:11,641 I was simply asking for a fair shot. 219 00:09:11,684 --> 00:09:15,601 Frankly, some coaches said no, there's a softball team, 220 00:09:15,645 --> 00:09:17,429 um, and a handful of coaches said, 221 00:09:17,472 --> 00:09:19,953 "Sure, if you're good enough, you can come play." 222 00:09:20,911 --> 00:09:22,303 I stopped going to the games 223 00:09:22,347 --> 00:09:25,045 because the boys were hurting her. 224 00:09:25,089 --> 00:09:27,221 At that time, she played second base. 225 00:09:27,265 --> 00:09:30,050 There was a man on first, there was a ball hit to second. 226 00:09:30,094 --> 00:09:32,487 She charged the ball and the runner, 227 00:09:32,531 --> 00:09:34,315 put his knee right into her head 228 00:09:34,359 --> 00:09:36,361 as she was going for the ball and knocked her out. 229 00:09:36,404 --> 00:09:38,842 And I was done, 'cause I was gonna kill somebody 230 00:09:38,885 --> 00:09:42,062 if I continued to watch what was going on in the field. 231 00:09:43,673 --> 00:09:45,109 For nearly a century, 232 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:47,024 there were only two opportunities 233 00:09:47,067 --> 00:09:48,895 for women to play baseball. 234 00:09:48,939 --> 00:09:52,420 In the 1940s, while the men were away at war, women played 235 00:09:52,464 --> 00:09:55,554 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 236 00:09:55,598 --> 00:09:58,601 as portrayed in the movie A League of Their Own. 237 00:09:58,644 --> 00:10:01,168 Even though by the 1990s the ban on girls 238 00:10:01,212 --> 00:10:02,605 in Little League had been lifted, 239 00:10:02,648 --> 00:10:04,824 in practice, very little changed. 240 00:10:04,868 --> 00:10:07,479 From 1994 to 1997, 241 00:10:07,522 --> 00:10:10,177 a few women got to play for the Silver Bullets, 242 00:10:10,221 --> 00:10:12,832 a professional women's team that barnstormed the country 243 00:10:12,876 --> 00:10:14,312 playing against men. 244 00:10:14,355 --> 00:10:16,880 Otherwise, girls who play have no choice 245 00:10:16,923 --> 00:10:19,883 but to play on boys teams if they're fortunate enough 246 00:10:19,926 --> 00:10:22,799 to have school, league, and parental support. 247 00:10:22,842 --> 00:10:24,627 -Hooray! -Hoo-rah! 248 00:10:24,670 --> 00:10:26,585 Every time I go out to pitch against a guy team, 249 00:10:26,629 --> 00:10:28,152 I hear chatter. 250 00:10:28,195 --> 00:10:30,545 I've been trained by doing this so many times 251 00:10:30,589 --> 00:10:32,591 that I kinda, it's like, mute them out. 252 00:10:32,635 --> 00:10:34,071 Come on, dummy, get 'em out! 253 00:10:34,114 --> 00:10:36,421 -The boy can play! - Let's go! 254 00:10:36,464 --> 00:10:38,075 Tie game! 255 00:10:38,118 --> 00:10:39,729 What? No. 256 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:41,861 Got 'em at three! 257 00:10:41,905 --> 00:10:43,776 There were times I would feel 258 00:10:43,820 --> 00:10:45,517 left out as an athlete. 259 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,040 People in the crowds would, 260 00:10:47,084 --> 00:10:48,868 would sometimes think differently. 261 00:10:48,912 --> 00:10:51,305 Guys on the other team would make it a big deal. 262 00:10:51,349 --> 00:10:53,699 One dad came up to my dad and said, 263 00:10:53,743 --> 00:10:55,701 "She'll never play high school baseball in this town. 264 00:10:55,745 --> 00:10:57,311 Not as long as I'm around." 265 00:10:57,355 --> 00:10:59,096 I've had people try to peg me. 266 00:10:59,139 --> 00:11:00,924 They went after her all the time. 267 00:11:00,967 --> 00:11:04,101 They hit her like six or seven times with a pitch. 268 00:11:10,455 --> 00:11:13,893 Talk about pursuing a dream. It takes a lot of courage 269 00:11:13,937 --> 00:11:15,242 to come out to this field. 270 00:11:17,723 --> 00:11:19,899 When I finished my senior year, 271 00:11:19,943 --> 00:11:21,379 for all intents and purposes, 272 00:11:21,422 --> 00:11:25,035 I thought that baseball was over for me. 273 00:11:25,078 --> 00:11:27,385 I wanted to go to a big Division 1 school, 274 00:11:27,428 --> 00:11:29,604 I wanted to have that experience. 275 00:11:29,648 --> 00:11:31,084 The best way for me to do that 276 00:11:31,128 --> 00:11:34,653 was to use volleyball as a means to get a scholarship. 277 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:37,743 You can't go anywhere with baseball 278 00:11:37,787 --> 00:11:39,005 if you're an athletic girl. 279 00:11:39,049 --> 00:11:42,182 And, and that's, that's a real roadblock. 280 00:11:45,011 --> 00:11:46,447 Whenever people doubted me, 281 00:11:46,491 --> 00:11:49,146 I would take that energy and that would fuel me. 282 00:11:49,189 --> 00:11:51,104 That's what made me keep going. 283 00:11:51,148 --> 00:11:52,889 Go, go, go! More! 284 00:11:52,932 --> 00:11:55,326 Sometimes baseball will be tough and it'll be hard, 285 00:11:55,369 --> 00:11:56,588 and I get frustrated with it, 286 00:11:56,631 --> 00:11:58,111 so I'd want to do something else. 287 00:11:58,155 --> 00:12:01,680 I liked being with women athletes like my own. 288 00:12:01,724 --> 00:12:06,032 There are times I, I would want to pursue soccer or golf, 289 00:12:06,076 --> 00:12:08,078 and then there are times I just thought like, 290 00:12:08,121 --> 00:12:10,123 I just, I just really love baseball. 291 00:12:10,167 --> 00:12:12,778 Like I just can't imagine stopping. 292 00:12:12,822 --> 00:12:14,998 - Woo! 293 00:12:16,173 --> 00:12:20,830 I was Googling women's baseball, 294 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,222 men's league, 295 00:12:22,266 --> 00:12:24,007 I was just looking for anything, 296 00:12:24,050 --> 00:12:28,272 and I stumbled on the fact that USA Baseball 297 00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:29,795 had a women's team, which I didn't know, 298 00:12:29,839 --> 00:12:31,144 and they were having open tryouts 299 00:12:31,188 --> 00:12:32,972 for the 2006 National Team 300 00:12:33,016 --> 00:12:35,496 that was going to play in the World Cup in Taiwan. 301 00:12:35,540 --> 00:12:36,802 I thought, well, I haven't played in a while 302 00:12:36,846 --> 00:12:38,673 but I'm gonna give it a shot. 303 00:12:45,158 --> 00:12:46,725 USA Baseball is the governing body 304 00:12:46,769 --> 00:12:47,987 for the sport of baseball. 305 00:12:48,031 --> 00:12:50,511 All Olympic sports have one. 306 00:12:50,555 --> 00:12:53,340 One of our jobs is fielding national teams 307 00:12:53,384 --> 00:12:56,039 to be able to complete with the best in the world. 308 00:12:56,082 --> 00:12:57,127 Life is such a special thing, 309 00:12:57,170 --> 00:12:58,432 where you get to come out 310 00:12:58,476 --> 00:13:00,695 and finally, you know, play baseball together. 311 00:13:00,739 --> 00:13:02,697 So we don't get paid, we don't have salaries. 312 00:13:02,741 --> 00:13:03,916 It's not like that. 313 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,789 This is purely the love of the game. 314 00:13:06,832 --> 00:13:08,181 In 2004, 315 00:13:08,225 --> 00:13:10,923 the first Women's Baseball World Cup was held, 316 00:13:10,967 --> 00:13:13,360 providing international playing opportunities, 317 00:13:13,404 --> 00:13:15,841 and giving women their only chance to play 318 00:13:15,885 --> 00:13:19,540 high-level amateur baseball once every two years. 319 00:13:19,584 --> 00:13:23,022 And in 2015, women's baseball was included 320 00:13:23,066 --> 00:13:25,633 in the Pan American Games for the first time. 321 00:13:25,677 --> 00:13:28,201 Team USA won the gold. 322 00:13:28,245 --> 00:13:32,292 The World Cup in South Korea is next and that's our focus. 323 00:13:32,336 --> 00:13:34,077 We're currently number two in the world, 324 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,035 but we wanna be number one. 325 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:39,299 The top 40 female baseball players in the USA 326 00:13:39,343 --> 00:13:41,084 compete to represent their country 327 00:13:41,127 --> 00:13:42,607 and the sport they love. 328 00:13:42,650 --> 00:13:45,784 I hope it goes further than, you know, just this year, 329 00:13:45,828 --> 00:13:47,133 this, this go around. 330 00:13:47,177 --> 00:13:48,743 It'd mean the world to me to go play, 331 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:50,484 especially for the United States. 332 00:13:50,528 --> 00:13:52,443 Only 20 will make the cut 333 00:13:52,486 --> 00:13:54,184 for the rare opportunity 334 00:13:54,227 --> 00:13:57,013 to play baseball with women and against women. 335 00:13:59,232 --> 00:14:01,147 Every year, we get more girls 336 00:14:01,191 --> 00:14:03,715 that find out about the team and try out, 337 00:14:03,758 --> 00:14:06,413 and each year it gets better, and stronger, and bigger 338 00:14:06,457 --> 00:14:08,241 and more of a program. 339 00:14:10,940 --> 00:14:12,376 Did you ever pitch 'em on top? 340 00:14:12,419 --> 00:14:14,857 I did, actually was a... pitched quite a bit, 341 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:16,902 -about 400 years ago, but... 342 00:14:16,946 --> 00:14:18,295 I probably crossed. 343 00:14:18,338 --> 00:14:19,557 I was really hurt too. 344 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:20,950 I got pulled out of the first inning. 345 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:22,952 Oh, yeah, you were hurt? You started? And mentally? 346 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:24,388 I'm actually gonna go take pitching lessons 347 00:14:24,431 --> 00:14:25,911 and come back to the team 348 00:14:25,955 --> 00:14:27,652 so that I can pitch one inning and redeem myself. 349 00:14:27,695 --> 00:14:28,914 I got you, Holmsie. 350 00:14:28,958 --> 00:14:30,220 I've never been more butthurt in my life. 351 00:14:30,263 --> 00:14:31,612 It was awful. 352 00:14:31,656 --> 00:14:34,833 Tamara, she's just like a goofball, to be honest. 353 00:14:34,877 --> 00:14:36,269 She's just great to have around, 354 00:14:36,313 --> 00:14:39,098 and it's funny, 'cause she's so intimidating. 355 00:14:39,142 --> 00:14:40,708 Like, physically. 356 00:14:40,752 --> 00:14:44,277 But she's the nicest person that you've ever met. 357 00:14:44,321 --> 00:14:46,149 Being the oldest person on the team, 358 00:14:46,192 --> 00:14:48,586 you know, I'm gonna get beat up with the old person jokes, 359 00:14:48,629 --> 00:14:51,328 but at the same time, they have to carry the equipment 360 00:14:51,371 --> 00:14:53,417 so it's good to have the youngins around. 361 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:56,637 My biggest responsibility 362 00:14:56,681 --> 00:14:59,510 is to, is to lead by example, 363 00:14:59,553 --> 00:15:03,688 and help groom them in the USA Baseball way. 364 00:15:05,342 --> 00:15:07,344 You can look at any high-end elite athlete 365 00:15:07,387 --> 00:15:10,216 and you see that, that what we call that it factor. 366 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:11,435 You gotta have that heart 367 00:15:11,478 --> 00:15:12,740 and you gotta have that confidence. 368 00:15:12,784 --> 00:15:14,438 A lot of times, you can't teach that. 369 00:15:17,267 --> 00:15:20,183 I work as a full-time firefighter in Oakland, 370 00:15:20,226 --> 00:15:23,969 and I run a CrossFit gym in my off days 371 00:15:24,013 --> 00:15:26,450 when I'm not playing baseball. 372 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:29,409 Up in my 20s, I played the last two years 373 00:15:29,453 --> 00:15:30,889 with the Silver Bullets, 374 00:15:30,933 --> 00:15:33,239 and then USA Baseball came around 375 00:15:33,283 --> 00:15:36,068 and that also provided another high level of play. 376 00:15:36,112 --> 00:15:37,548 We can try it out. 377 00:15:37,591 --> 00:15:38,897 Yeah, we need to get it. 378 00:15:38,941 --> 00:15:40,246 There are a handful of us 379 00:15:40,290 --> 00:15:43,728 who have been playing together since 2006, 380 00:15:43,771 --> 00:15:46,731 and we've built a very good camaraderie 381 00:15:46,774 --> 00:15:48,298 and some really close friendships. 382 00:15:48,341 --> 00:15:49,952 This is what we look like when we play catch 383 00:15:49,995 --> 00:15:51,649 and Catchphrase. 384 00:15:51,692 --> 00:15:54,347 Recently got married and then a handful of players 385 00:15:54,391 --> 00:15:57,350 that I'm the closest to came to my wedding, 386 00:15:57,394 --> 00:16:00,658 so, you know, we are, in fact, a family. 387 00:16:06,751 --> 00:16:08,057 -Yeah! -Yeah! 388 00:16:16,239 --> 00:16:19,459 I anticipate this being my last World Cup. 389 00:16:19,503 --> 00:16:21,766 I'm definitely gonna go down swinging for sure, 390 00:16:21,809 --> 00:16:23,550 but I don't feel any extra pressure. 391 00:16:23,594 --> 00:16:24,638 - Yeah. 392 00:16:24,682 --> 00:16:26,205 I come and sit here all the time. 393 00:16:27,554 --> 00:16:28,773 More, more, more! 394 00:16:28,816 --> 00:16:30,514 Hit me, hit me! 395 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:31,994 Ones are at the 45, twos are at first base. 396 00:16:32,007 --> 00:16:34,270 I mean, shoot, I, when I came walking in, 397 00:16:34,314 --> 00:16:35,837 I saw the third baseman make a play that, 398 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,360 I mean, it's do or die. 399 00:16:37,404 --> 00:16:39,319 -And she made it look easy. 400 00:16:39,362 --> 00:16:40,929 So that's the need to see. 401 00:16:42,148 --> 00:16:44,454 I mean, these girls are playing 402 00:16:44,498 --> 00:16:47,109 and everything full board. 403 00:16:47,153 --> 00:16:48,980 More of like, old time baseball, 404 00:16:49,024 --> 00:16:50,982 like a manufacture runs and stuff. 405 00:16:51,026 --> 00:16:53,115 Tell me again uh, what you do. 406 00:16:53,159 --> 00:16:54,638 -I'm a scout - All right. 407 00:16:54,682 --> 00:16:57,685 for the Toronto Blue Jays. 408 00:16:57,728 --> 00:17:00,122 I have dreams about old baseball at night, 409 00:17:00,166 --> 00:17:02,907 like living in Brooklyn and the Dodgers and stuff. 410 00:17:02,951 --> 00:17:05,127 Baseball was played totally different. 411 00:17:05,171 --> 00:17:07,260 Power's an added thing to it. 412 00:17:07,303 --> 00:17:09,131 Now that it's so individualized, 413 00:17:09,175 --> 00:17:10,654 everyone wants to see the guy throwing 414 00:17:10,698 --> 00:17:14,702 a hundred miles an hour and hitting 495-foot home runs. 415 00:17:14,745 --> 00:17:17,052 You kinda lose the whole team thing. 416 00:17:17,096 --> 00:17:18,445 While bat and ball games 417 00:17:18,488 --> 00:17:21,187 go back as far as ancient Egypt, 418 00:17:21,230 --> 00:17:24,320 one of the more direct ancestors of the game 419 00:17:24,364 --> 00:17:27,018 was invented by women. 420 00:17:27,062 --> 00:17:29,151 Milkmaids in the 15th century 421 00:17:29,195 --> 00:17:31,719 were the ones that have been credited 422 00:17:31,762 --> 00:17:34,069 with inventing a game called stoolball. 423 00:17:34,113 --> 00:17:36,941 They set their milking stools in a circle. 424 00:17:36,985 --> 00:17:38,726 One served the rock to the other, 425 00:17:38,769 --> 00:17:41,729 and the other one hit it and ran to the first stool. 426 00:17:41,772 --> 00:17:45,167 And you got out if a fielder picked up the rock 427 00:17:45,211 --> 00:17:47,082 and threw it at you before you got to base. 428 00:17:47,126 --> 00:17:48,997 I mean, you know, simple, right? 429 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:50,172 Very feminine. 430 00:17:50,216 --> 00:17:51,521 But it wasn't a boys' game. 431 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,014 Twenty women will go home, and 20 will stay 432 00:18:06,057 --> 00:18:10,410 for a bi-annual opportunity to play competitive baseball. 433 00:18:10,453 --> 00:18:13,326 The ones who don't make the cut will have to wait two years 434 00:18:13,369 --> 00:18:15,763 for this opportunity to come around again. 435 00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:19,375 So this next year coming back, 436 00:18:19,419 --> 00:18:22,335 I will definitely be way more prepared. 437 00:18:23,858 --> 00:18:25,468 It is sad, you know, you're not going 438 00:18:25,512 --> 00:18:26,904 to South Korea or playing, 439 00:18:26,948 --> 00:18:29,820 but it wouldn't help at all if we didn't come back. 440 00:18:29,864 --> 00:18:31,518 And then when you go to your exit meetings 441 00:18:31,561 --> 00:18:32,910 and the coaches sit down and talk to you 442 00:18:32,954 --> 00:18:34,434 and tell you, you know, what you're gonna work on, 443 00:18:34,477 --> 00:18:36,436 the positive things they have to say about you, 444 00:18:36,479 --> 00:18:39,308 it's just motivation to come back. 445 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:43,138 The competitiveness of breaking down to 20 is so hard. 446 00:18:43,182 --> 00:18:44,661 And that sometimes it's gonna mean 447 00:18:44,705 --> 00:18:46,837 you're not gonna make that final 20 448 00:18:46,881 --> 00:18:48,752 and it's gonna be devastating. 449 00:18:48,796 --> 00:18:50,537 And it happens in all sports, right? 450 00:18:50,580 --> 00:18:53,322 I mean, you sign up for that. 451 00:18:59,502 --> 00:19:02,462 -Say home team. 452 00:19:02,505 --> 00:19:04,072 So it's gonna be a culture shock for me, 453 00:19:04,115 --> 00:19:06,422 'cause I'm in little Southern Louisiana, you know? 454 00:19:08,001 --> 00:19:08,753 for women's baseball. 455 00:19:08,797 --> 00:19:10,755 Well, we have 14 teams in Sydney. 456 00:19:10,799 --> 00:19:13,192 They all play in the competitions. 457 00:19:13,236 --> 00:19:15,455 The women's game is the dirty little secret 458 00:19:15,499 --> 00:19:17,196 that's swept under the rug. 459 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,938 And it won't get on ESPN, 460 00:19:19,982 --> 00:19:24,203 but you put on chess and you put on poker, 461 00:19:24,247 --> 00:19:26,379 and you put on the spelling bee. 462 00:19:27,729 --> 00:19:29,208 Why wouldn't there be one highlight? 463 00:19:29,252 --> 00:19:30,340 Women's World Cup today. 464 00:19:30,383 --> 00:19:31,428 Blah, blah, blah. 465 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:34,213 It's a beautiful event. Looks great. 466 00:19:34,257 --> 00:19:36,041 The top two teams from each group 467 00:19:36,085 --> 00:19:38,827 move on to compete for the gold medal in games 468 00:19:38,870 --> 00:19:41,656 broadcast on live TV in several countries. 469 00:19:41,699 --> 00:19:42,961 And for the first time, 470 00:19:43,005 --> 00:19:45,703 streamed on the Web around the globe. 471 00:19:45,747 --> 00:19:48,140 The remaining teams will play consolation games 472 00:19:48,184 --> 00:19:50,142 before returning home empty handed. 473 00:19:52,318 --> 00:19:54,277 Women play on the same field as the men. 474 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,584 There are only a few differences. 475 00:19:56,627 --> 00:19:59,064 The women play with an aluminum bat, 476 00:19:59,108 --> 00:20:02,285 the outfield fence is moved in about 15 feet, 477 00:20:02,328 --> 00:20:04,417 and they play seven-inning games. 478 00:20:09,422 --> 00:20:10,641 And with that, a very warm welcome 479 00:20:10,685 --> 00:20:12,077 to Gijang, South Korea 480 00:20:12,121 --> 00:20:14,776 and the 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup. 481 00:20:14,819 --> 00:20:17,126 The U.S. has been shut out of the top spot 482 00:20:17,169 --> 00:20:18,780 over the last four editions of this tournament 483 00:20:18,823 --> 00:20:20,651 by a dominant Japan national team, 484 00:20:20,695 --> 00:20:22,610 and the Americans looking to atone for that. 485 00:20:22,653 --> 00:20:24,916 Stacy Piagno gets to start for the United States 486 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,092 this afternoon, as the U.S. takes on Hong Kong. 487 00:20:30,443 --> 00:20:30,998 Piagno is a member of last year's 488 00:20:30,998 --> 00:20:31,186 This just should not be a special event. 489 00:20:31,229 --> 00:20:33,188 It should be here all across the country 490 00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:35,886 on diamonds in local communities everywhere. 491 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:39,890 This is the first event that we've done for the girls, 492 00:20:39,934 --> 00:20:42,588 but what is beyond that, you know, who knows. 493 00:20:42,632 --> 00:20:44,460 It could be league, it could be a woman coach, 494 00:20:44,503 --> 00:20:46,418 it could be a lot of different things. 495 00:20:46,462 --> 00:20:48,812 - Who's the first? - I am! 496 00:20:48,856 --> 00:20:50,770 - Who's the best? - I am! 497 00:20:50,814 --> 00:20:54,600 -Who are you? - Trailblazers! 498 00:20:56,341 --> 00:20:58,213 The Trailblazer Series ended 499 00:20:58,256 --> 00:21:01,520 with the girls being honored on the field at Dodger Stadium 500 00:21:01,564 --> 00:21:05,002 as part of the Jackie Robinson Day celebration. 501 00:21:05,046 --> 00:21:07,526 My hopes and dreams is that this would continue, 502 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:09,528 this would be a start, 503 00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:12,053 and that the girls 504 00:21:12,096 --> 00:21:16,535 that develop and really become real talents 505 00:21:16,579 --> 00:21:17,928 will get an opportunity. 506 00:21:17,972 --> 00:21:19,190 ♪ Can you see 507 00:21:19,234 --> 00:21:24,630 ♪ By the dawn's early light 508 00:21:24,674 --> 00:21:30,549 ♪ What so proudly we hailed 509 00:21:30,593 --> 00:21:32,508 ♪ Free 510 00:21:32,551 --> 00:21:35,728 ♪ And the home 511 00:21:35,772 --> 00:21:41,125 ♪ Of the brave 512 00:21:47,566 --> 00:21:49,003 For a while, there were a lot of games 513 00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:50,308 where we weren't getting in. 514 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:52,223 So, you know, it kinda takes a toll on you. 515 00:21:52,267 --> 00:21:54,704 It starts to make you feel like, "Am I ever gonna get in? 516 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:56,184 Am I ever gonna get my chance?" 517 00:21:56,227 --> 00:21:57,881 We're out here, we're working hard every day, 518 00:21:57,925 --> 00:21:59,927 physically and mentally, like I said, 519 00:21:59,970 --> 00:22:01,102 and it's like we wanna get out there 520 00:22:01,145 --> 00:22:02,973 and prove what we've been working for. 521 00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:07,195 I mean, we're skeptical. 522 00:22:07,238 --> 00:22:09,066 We were wondering whether they were just there 523 00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:10,459 to fill roster spots, 524 00:22:10,502 --> 00:22:13,244 or just there to, you know, for the experience. 525 00:22:13,288 --> 00:22:14,550 We didn't know if they would play 526 00:22:14,593 --> 00:22:16,769 or if they would get any time on the field. 527 00:22:17,596 --> 00:22:19,729 I have over 20 years 528 00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:21,557 of professional baseball experience. 529 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,560 Won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, 530 00:22:24,603 --> 00:22:26,823 so it's an interesting thing, you know? 531 00:22:26,866 --> 00:22:29,739 A girl is gonna play professional baseball. 532 00:22:29,782 --> 00:22:32,437 It's something you wouldn't normally, uh, see. 533 00:22:32,481 --> 00:22:34,787 And, you know, they'll joke about it here and there. 534 00:22:34,831 --> 00:22:37,529 One of our guys last year, he hit one home run last year. 535 00:22:37,573 --> 00:22:39,314 He hit it off of Kelsie. 536 00:22:39,357 --> 00:22:41,055 It was his first professional homer, 537 00:22:41,098 --> 00:22:42,534 and it was his only professional homer, 538 00:22:42,578 --> 00:22:44,710 and we said, "Hey, maybe this year 539 00:22:44,754 --> 00:22:46,451 you can hit a homer off a guy." 540 00:22:50,934 --> 00:22:54,198 She was on the mound, it was the first inning, 541 00:22:54,242 --> 00:22:56,766 -and she came up like this. 542 00:22:56,809 --> 00:22:58,942 Add there must have been 500 to 600 people there, 543 00:22:58,986 --> 00:23:00,726 which for us, is a huge crowd. 544 00:23:00,770 --> 00:23:04,992 And hushed, I said, "I've never in my whole life, 545 00:23:05,035 --> 00:23:06,776 ever been to a baseball game 546 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:09,518 where there wasn't a single sound." 547 00:23:11,172 --> 00:23:14,044 I felt very comfortable, I felt in my zone, 548 00:23:14,088 --> 00:23:17,265 and, you know, from then on out they were very quick innings, 549 00:23:17,308 --> 00:23:19,876 and I felt like I just couldn't be stopped, 550 00:23:19,919 --> 00:23:23,401 and they just weren't getting a hold of any of my pitches. 551 00:23:23,445 --> 00:23:26,622 Last week, the young recruit, she belongs. 552 00:23:29,190 --> 00:23:30,930 She tossed seven innings, gave up a run, 553 00:23:30,974 --> 00:23:33,542 struck out four, and won the game. 554 00:23:33,585 --> 00:23:35,283 Just the third female pitcher 555 00:23:35,326 --> 00:23:36,414 - to claim a victory... 556 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:39,591 in a men's league since the 1950s. 557 00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:42,246 That night she won, to me, she looked like 558 00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:45,684 an ex-big league pitcher that threw, 559 00:23:45,728 --> 00:23:47,208 you know, 78 miles an hour. 560 00:23:47,251 --> 00:23:48,644 Last year, both me and Kelsie, 561 00:23:48,687 --> 00:23:50,124 we were both being recognized 562 00:23:50,167 --> 00:23:53,083 for just being girls and being here. You know? 563 00:23:53,127 --> 00:23:55,085 But this year, what was so special to me 564 00:23:55,129 --> 00:23:56,956 is that I actually got recognized for playing, 565 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,610 and for something that I've physically done. 566 00:23:58,654 --> 00:24:00,264 I've grown up playing ball with Stacy, 567 00:24:00,308 --> 00:24:03,485 so I was definitely, um, honored to be part of that game, 568 00:24:03,528 --> 00:24:04,964 and I was super proud of her. 569 00:24:05,008 --> 00:24:06,401 I knew she was gonna take care of business that day. 570 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:08,403 And she didn't only pitch well, she dominated. 571 00:24:08,446 --> 00:24:09,882 At least I can say I played with a girl before. 572 00:24:09,926 --> 00:24:11,362 Not a lot of guys can say that. 573 00:24:11,406 --> 00:24:12,537 That's probably one of the coolest things 574 00:24:12,581 --> 00:24:13,843 I've ever been a part of. 575 00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:15,105 It was a tough loss to take, 576 00:24:15,149 --> 00:24:16,367 but she deserved the win 577 00:24:16,411 --> 00:24:19,153 and it was neat to, uh, to be here to see her. 578 00:24:23,548 --> 00:24:25,246 Those of us who love baseball 579 00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:26,986 know there's no other game like baseball. 580 00:24:28,945 --> 00:24:31,643 As soon as I hear the sound of a ball 581 00:24:31,687 --> 00:24:33,005 hitting a leather glove or see it flying off a bat, 582 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:34,687 I learned so many life lessons in baseball, 583 00:24:34,731 --> 00:24:38,169 like as a person, as an athlete, as a teammate, 584 00:24:38,213 --> 00:24:39,736 even as a daughter, like, and as a sister. 585 00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:41,651 I've been through so many ups and downs, 586 00:24:41,694 --> 00:24:45,176 and, like, I've learned so much. 587 00:24:45,220 --> 00:24:47,700 Baseball is not only played on the field, 588 00:24:47,744 --> 00:24:51,443 it is also played in the hearts of players and fans. 589 00:24:51,487 --> 00:24:53,663 And what is played in the heart is then reflected 590 00:24:53,706 --> 00:24:55,882 in all other aspects of our lives, 591 00:24:55,926 --> 00:24:58,537 from the classrooms to the living rooms, 592 00:24:58,581 --> 00:25:01,801 from the boardrooms to the courtrooms. 593 00:25:01,845 --> 00:25:04,152 They're playing baseball now, but you know what? 594 00:25:04,195 --> 00:25:06,154 They're learning that they can be anybody. 595 00:25:08,852 --> 00:25:11,463 The future's in the smile on these girls. 596 00:25:11,507 --> 00:25:13,596 Whatever it is, it's their choice, 597 00:25:13,639 --> 00:25:15,946 and that's what they're learning on this baseball field. 598 00:25:15,989 --> 00:25:17,556 They gotta keep fighting, 599 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,515 or else, nothing will really happen, 600 00:25:19,558 --> 00:25:21,778 but I also think as we go, 601 00:25:21,821 --> 00:25:23,823 you know, the generations are getting stronger. 602 00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:26,957 And the confidence just oozing, dripping everywhere, 603 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,915 which is just awesome to see. 604 00:25:37,272 --> 00:25:39,491 I say I think we're in the middle 605 00:25:39,535 --> 00:25:41,537 or beginning of the story, not at the end, 606 00:25:41,580 --> 00:25:43,582 and probably, to get to the end, 607 00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:46,890 we'll go this way and that way, 608 00:25:46,933 --> 00:25:49,371 and... 609 00:25:49,414 --> 00:25:52,417 forward and backward, and everywhere in between. 610 00:25:57,161 --> 00:25:58,771 For every woman and girl 611 00:25:58,815 --> 00:26:00,643 who has been denied the right to play, 612 00:26:00,686 --> 00:26:02,601 another has stood up. 613 00:26:02,645 --> 00:26:04,255 The game is far from over, 614 00:26:04,299 --> 00:26:07,563 but they stand united with their allies. 615 00:26:07,606 --> 00:26:10,043 Headed towards one clear goal. 616 00:26:10,087 --> 00:26:12,568 The freedom to pursue their dreams. 617 00:26:12,611 --> 00:26:14,700 The right to play baseball. 618 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:16,963 Yeah, yeah! 619 00:26:51,389 --> 00:26:54,305 At seven, women's baseball World Cup 620 00:26:54,349 --> 00:26:56,176 USA, Venezuela. 621 00:26:56,220 --> 00:26:58,011 Amanda Giovani, a diamond grab to double up the rudder. 622 00:26:58,011 --> 00:26:58,640 It was really embarrassing. 623 00:27:04,777 --> 00:27:06,735 She's just anti-visor. 624 00:27:06,779 --> 00:27:08,215 Does not want to wear it. 625 00:27:08,258 --> 00:27:10,913 We ordered these, uh, custom-made Nike baseball hats. 626 00:27:10,957 --> 00:27:12,828 We're gonna do a little ceremony, 627 00:27:12,872 --> 00:27:15,309 and give her, her, uh, big baseball hat. 628 00:27:15,353 --> 00:27:17,398 Finally, you've got something you can wear. 629 00:27:17,442 --> 00:27:19,052 -So cute. -Yes. 630 00:27:22,403 --> 00:27:25,058 We'll play baseball in a little bit, okay? 631 00:27:26,494 --> 00:27:28,627 It's okay, we'll go play baseball. 632 00:27:52,564 --> 00:27:54,783 -I'm very proud of Marti. -Oh, my god. 633 00:27:54,827 --> 00:27:57,090 Would have loved to go further but, uh, she did good. 634 00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:58,483 She did everything she could do. 635 00:27:58,526 --> 00:28:02,182 I can't be any prouder in you than right now. 636 00:28:02,225 --> 00:28:03,618 Then buy me a new car. 637 00:28:03,662 --> 00:28:06,969 No, we'll get some soup on Witty Street and Waltham. 638 00:28:07,013 --> 00:28:08,362 Oh, cool, I get soup. 639 00:28:10,712 --> 00:28:11,974 I mean I've been there. 640 00:28:12,018 --> 00:28:14,368 A lot of the girls on the team have been there. 641 00:28:14,412 --> 00:28:16,414 Isn't that life? 642 00:28:16,457 --> 00:28:19,460 Don't you have to make those hard decisions with anything? 643 00:28:19,504 --> 00:28:21,810 Got a buddy right here. 644 00:28:21,854 --> 00:28:26,336 Um, you have to make those decisions, I mean, 645 00:28:26,380 --> 00:28:29,470 do you wanna move down to the other busking zone? 646 00:29:09,336 --> 00:29:10,816 And that's a wrap. 647 00:29:10,859 --> 00:29:12,382 And that's pepper.