Justine Siegal has always wanted to play baseball with the boys. This Spring, her wish has come true.
Since Spring Training has begun, she has thrown batting practice to the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A's, Tampa Bay Rays, St. Louis Cardinals, and today she will throw BP for the Mets.
Siegal has been chronicling her journey from one team to the next, from Arizona to Florida, in her own blog Justine's Baseball Journey.
In 2009, Siegal became the first woman to coach a men's professional baseball team, the Brockton Rox (Can Am League).
Her motto is, "If you tell a girl she can't play baseball what else will she believe she can't do? But what if you tell a girl she can play baseball. What else will she then believe SHE CAN DO."
She runs a non-profit organization called, Baseball For All, which provides young girls with the same baseball opportunities and instruction as the boys.
Baseball For All and Siegal don't discriminate though. Boys are always welcome to participate in camp. She believes, as the name of the organization says, that baseball really is for all.
I have been reading Siegal's blog for the past few weeks, and find the entire thing interesting. I would never have thought that I would see such a thing allowed by Major League Baseball.
Good luck, Justine, on your baseball journey.
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