MLB, Professional Women’s Softball League Announce Partnership

Major League Baseball is making its first investment in women’s professional sports by partnering with a new women’s professional softball league, Commissioner Robert Manfred announced Thursday.

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League will hold opening games on June 7 with games in Rosemont, Illinois and Wichita, Kansas, reports CBS News. ??

Manfred, interviewed on “CBS Mornings,” commented that the partnership with AUSL came about because the timing felt right for the investment.

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