Beth Greenwood, a USAWNT trek, a Catcher's life in Women's Baseball,

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USAWNT Baseball Player – Beth Greenwood - Women in Baseball
Player Development Coach
Won the Championship with the Comets at the AmericanGirlsBaseball.org
Path to the USAWNT Baseball team
Making the 40 player team with Ila Borders, Meggie Meidlinger, Tamara Holmes
Competition to make it to the final roster becomes more challenging year after year
Catchers the Managers of tomorrow
Al Lopez, historic catcher/manager at Tampa Baseball Museum
Catchers like Veronica Alvarez who took the tough job when others deferred in youth baseball
Facing the hard throwing pitchers
Making adjustments – getting tighter and tighter to the plate
Beth working with Player Development in Phillies program / Jersey Shore Blue Claws
What is Player Development – Helping Players to advance to the big leagues through game planning, nutrition,
Excitement for development of a Women’s Professional Baseball League
Professional League will give women a full-time job to focus on being an athlete and will increase the level of play
Many women who play baseball need an alternate source for income. Some who have become architects, coaches & firefighters like Veronica Alvarez, Tamara Holmes, Valerie Perez
Womens Professional Baseball League, Kat Williams & Leslie Heaphy
Jason Varitek of Boston Red Sox was Beth’s baseball favorite catcher as a youngster
Later Beth later looked to USAWNT players for favorite players
Rachel Balkovec – wore a lot of hats to advance in baseball strength coach, batting coach, manager of Tampa Tarpons, now director of Player Development for the Marlins
While working with the Threshers, a Phillies affiliate Beth met Rachel Balkovec
Benches emptied between Threshers & Tarpons – a lot of emotion
Baseball Travel what a calendar year looks like
Beth is playing at Roy Hobbs tournament this week in Fort Myers Florida
A fly on the wall in the 40’s & 50’s listen to AAGPBL players
Maybelle Blair, Shirley Burkovich are some of the AAGPBL legends that Beth has met
Future of Women’s Professional Baseball League
Look into the future with Michael Goodmon toward a Women’s League
Hope that all Women’s baseball groups can come together to make a league happen
Beth remembers playing in 2011 with Baseball for All girls teams & tournament
Greenwood’s performance with the Comets at AGB, Durham
Beth recounts 7th inning of tournament Bases loaded, full count, payoff pitch, foul tip into Beth’s glove
Roy Hobbs tournament this weekend in Fort Myers - https://royhobbs.com/world-series/schedules/women-team

References:
Beth catches for the Comets in this championship game - https://www.mlb.com/video/agb-peaches-vs-agb-comets-138730 - check out at 2:23 timestamp for top of 7th.
Third Annual All-American Women’s Baseball Classic Results - https://americangirlsbaseball.org/third-annual-all-american-womens-baseball-classic/

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Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music “Rocking Forward"
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