Former baseball pitcher Maybelle Blair will be an honorary chair on the advisory board of the Women's Professional Baseball League, which last month announced plans to launch in 2026 as a six-team circuit for female players.
The 97-year-old Blair, who helped inspire the baseball film “A League of Their Own” with her play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, will chair a board of women who have worked in sports and business. The list includes a leader from the upstart Professional Women's Hockey League, a longtime ESPN executive, and baseball pitcher and six-time World Cup winner Ayami Sato.
