Women's Professional Baseball League (WPBL)

The league is playing its inaugural season in Springfield at Robin Roberts Stadium.

She trained from sunrise to midnight to make history. Meet Brittany Apgar, a founding Women's Pro Baseball League player inspiring the next generation in Springfield.

All games for this inaugural season are being played in Springfield.

The only professional women’s baseball league in the United States will play all of its inaugural season in in the capital city.

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.