California Women's Baseball League

    The CWBL is the first baseball league located in the San Francisco Bay area comprised entirely of
    women players. The league was founded in 2001, by Melanie Laspina an ex-pro player for the first
    professional women's baseball league since the 40's the LLB, Ladies League Baseball (1997-1998).
    Along with Sal Coates, Rhonda Palmer, Alex Sickinger, Ed Sickinger, Rocky Henley, Brenda Subia,
    all whom were part of the first professional league helped developed the league in the San
    Francisco bay area. After almost 10 years the league is still growing every year. The Bay Area
    teams includes: The San Jose Spitfires, The Alameda Oaks, The San Francisco Fillies and The
    Peninsula Peppers; with players commuting from areas as far as Sacramento and Monterey
    Counties to participate.

     The range of experience represented in the CWBL includes softball and baseball (recreational,
    competitive, collegiate, and international play) on both women’s and men’s teams. Our player ages
    range from (14+) and up. In order to participate, players must tryout, thus entering a draft, prior
    to potentially being selected to play with a team. As the season progresses, players are chosen to
    represent the CWBL.

     The CWBL coaching staff brings a wealth of experience from both men's and women's baseball
    and softball to the CWBL. They have volunteered their time and have invested in the future of
    women’s baseball locally. We thank all our volunteers and sponsors over the years in helping grow
    this sport for girls and women here in California as well as helping developing other leagues and
    teams nationally and internationally.

    For more information on the league, sponsoring or women’s baseball in general please contact:
    californialeague@yahoo.com


                                                             MISSION STATEMENT
    Our mission is to make the game of baseball as accessible to girls and women as it is to boys and
    men. We also desire  to provide players with a fun, reliable, competitive and well-structured
    organization within which to play.
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