{"id":27,"date":"2018-07-16T02:02:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T02:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:24:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Baseball Week is an annual, worldwide event recognizing the value, diversity, and cultural significance of women in baseball. Women play a vital role in all aspects of the sport north, south, east and west\u2013-help us celebrate each one! Tournaments, teams, libraries, museums, and individuals will join the International Women\u2019s Baseball Center to recognize women&#8217;s contributions to baseball around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme &#8211; Women in Baseball Week X: Extra Innings &#8211; celebrates going above and beyond where we&#8217;ve been and welcoming in a new era for women&#8217;s baseball. Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting new goals for the Women&#8217;s Baseball Heritage Workshop, coordinating original project ideas, and continuing to build this worldwide community..<\/p>\n<p>While recent years have seen more <span class=\"il\">women<\/span> on the field, behind the plate, and in the broadcast booth, this momentum can only be sustained with everyone\u2019s investment in working together, all around the world. By joining forces and supporting those with similar goals, we create more opportunities, expand youth participation, and encourage a culture that places <span class=\"il\">women<\/span> at the center of the world\u2019s best sport. This is the <span class=\"il\">week<\/span> to celebrate those efforts! Share your story and join those worldwide who step up to the sport for a stronger tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_3983517223916490454gmail-MsoNoSpacing\">How you can participate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote your team and playing opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Highlight your participation in baseball with a photo or story<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your local library or bookstore to participate<\/li>\n<li>Spotlight your organization&#8217;s materials that document women in baseball<\/li>\n<li>Share your local history of women in baseball<\/li>\n<li>Grab a t-shirt from our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonfire.com\/women-in-baseball-week\/\">Bonfire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"m_3983517223916490454gmail-MsoNoSpacing\">Share your events and experiences online! Add <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>#WomeninBaseballWeek<\/strong><\/em><\/span> to share your chapter to the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Baseball Week is an annual, worldwide event recognizing the value, diversity, and cultural significance of women in baseball. Women play a vital role in all aspects of the sport north, south, east and west\u2013-help us celebrate each one! Tournaments, teams, libraries, museums, and individuals will join the International Women\u2019s Baseball Center to recognize &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3057,"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/3057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninbaseballweek.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}