U.S. women's baseball players could soon have league of their own again

If and when the Women's Professional Baseball League debuts, it will be the first pro league for women since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League — the one immortalized in A League of Their Own — dissolved in 1954.

U.S. women's baseball players could soon have league of their own again
 Oakland Athletics coach Justine Siegal talks with outfielder Coco Crisp before pitching batting practice during spring training in Phoenix, Arizona on Feb. 23, 2011.

If and when the Women's Professional Baseball League debuts, it will be the first pro league for women since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League — the one immortalized in A League of Their Own — dissolved in 1954.