Anthony Castrovince

3 weeks ago | mlb.com | Anthony Castrovince

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The glove never goes into her equipment bag. That’s Sis Bates’ first rule of glove love. “I never smush it,” the excitable shortstop of the Volts in the startup Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) said during the league’s media day. “I will never throw my glove, and I oil it every day.”A new season in a new league comes with a new glove for Bates, who recently signed a deal with Marucci that brought her a new model with its own carrying case.

3 weeks ago | mlb.com | Anthony Castrovince

Montana Fouts pitched 230 innings in her senior season at Alabama in 2023, with 24 complete games among her 31 starts and an additional 13 relief appearances that resulted in four saves. In an extra-inning win over Texas, she went all 11 frames. In a two-day stretch against Longwood, she threw a shutout one day and a perfect game the next. To those wired with a baseball brain, these pitching achievements sound absurd, like something out of Old Hoss Radbourn’s long-gone era.

3 weeks ago | mlb.com | Anthony Castrovince

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League begins its inaugural season on Saturday. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng.The league’s season will involve four teams – Bandits, Blaze, Volts and Talons – playing 24 games apiece in 10 different cities, culminating in a best-of-three championship series in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on July 26-28.

3 weeks ago | mlb.com | Anthony Castrovince

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) begins its inaugural season on June 7. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng.The league’s season will involve four teams – the Bandits, Blaze, Volts and Talons -- playing 24 games apiece in 10 cities, culminating in a best-of-three championship series in Tuscaloosa, Ala., from July 26-28.

4 weeks ago | mlb.com | Anthony Castrovince

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Here’s the opportunity Bri Ellis deserves. A chance, via her team the Talons in the MLB-backed Athletes Unlimited Softball League, to roll directly from a historic college season into a high-profile professional career. And maybe even a chance to get some pitches to hit.