Women’s Professional Baseball League Makes Rainy Start

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Women’s Professional Baseball League has started its inaugural season. Mo’ne Davis and the Los Angeles Queens rallied for a wild 10-8 victory over Denae Benites and the New York Heights on opening day for the first women’s professional baseball league in the United States in almost 30 years. A steady rain delayed the start of the game at a soaked Robin Roberts Stadium, the 101-year-old home of the WPBL’s first season. But much of the crowd started lining up hours before the first pitch, hoping to grab a Davis bobblehead. The line for the main merchandise booth stretched all the way to the outfield along one side of the ballpark.