Week 1

Women10/26/19

Women love the game as much as the men doBY GLENN MILLER Roy Hobbs Baseball 

The men and women’s divisions of the Roy Hobbs World Series share traits and names.

The six women’s teams playing this weekend have names one finds on men’s teams - Marlins, Red Sox, Yankees and Jays.

The women’s divisions is open to players of all ages, such as 16-year-olds from California named Patsy Lane of the East Coast M a r l i n s a n d N i a m h Mayhew of the Toronto Fusion and 15-year Alex Adler of the Marlins.

Patsy, who traveled here with her mother, Martha, understands the game’s nuances.

“It’s like a team but also individual,” Patsy said before pract ice Thursday at the PDC. “But also individual so when you’re batt ing you’re also batting for your team.”

Patsy got hooked on the game the same way many men did. She watched games with her father and played catch in the backyard with a brother and signed up for Little League at 13.

“It’s the only sport that ever interested her,” Martha Lane said.

Mrs. Lane said Patsy was welcomed by the Little League near their Anaheim area home.

“Fortunately, she hasn’t run into a lot of the discrimination,” Mrs. Lane said.

Niamh Mayhew of the Fusion traveled from California and is reveling in the baseball environment.

“With women’s baseball everyone is so accepting,” Niamh said.

Coming to Fort Myers she has run into familiar faces from the women’s baseball community.

“We all know each other because the community is small,” Niamh said.

One of her Fusion teammates this weekend is 49-year-old Kim McElcheran. She loves the game as much as any man in the Roy Hobbs World Series.

“It’s a smart person’s game,” McElcheran said. S h e h a s a d v i c e f o r younger teammates and opponents. “ J u s t k e e p m a k i n g mistakes,” McElcheran said, “That’s how you learn. Don’t be afraid.” Jan Yuvan of the East Coast Yankees i s a World Series veteran, one who has played on men’s and women’s teams. “There’s camaraderie in both and I have a great time with both,” Yuvan, 55, said.

An organizational wizard w h o h e l p s p ro m o t e women’s basebal l i s

Marlins Manager Adriane Adler. “I can’t even begin to do justice to what she has done

for women’s baseball,” Yuvan said. “She is such an ambassador for the game.  She does whatever she can to pull teams and tournaments together because around the country there aren’t enough women playing baseball to sustain leagues.”

Adler’s 15-year-old daughter, Alex, is on the Marlins. Adler pointed out that her daughter was here even before she was born.

“I was pregnant with her when I was playing,” Adler said. “This is her first year here on this side of the womb.”

Photo by Greg Wagner A very focused Patsy Lane of the East Coast Marlins.

EastCoastMarlins14,RhodeIslandJays2FCYankees5,Evolu>onGirlsBaseball3TorontoFusion2,EastCoastMarlins0N.E.Women’sRedSox10,Evolu>onGirlsBaseball0N.E.Women’sRedSox3,EastCoastYankees1TorontoFusion14,RhodeIslandJays0

Women’s DivisionFriday Results

RhodeIslandJays@TorontoFusion:10a.m.PDC2NewEnglandWomen’sRedSox@EastCoastYankees:10a.m.PDC5TorontoFusion@EastCoastMarlins:12:30p.m.PDC2EastCoastYankees@Evolu>onGirlsBaseball:12:30p.m.PDC5EastCoastMarlins@RhodeIslandJays:3:00PDC2Evolu>onGirlsBaseball@NewEnglandWomen’sRedSox:3:00p.m.PDC5

Saturday Schedule

Standings

Team WL PCT RA

NEWomen'sRedSox 2 0 1.000 1

EastCoastYankees 1 1 0.500 6

Evolu>onGirlsBB 0 2 0.000 15

Team WL PCT RA

TorontoFusion 2 0 1.000 2

EastCoastMarlins 1 1 0.500 4

RhodeIslandJays 0 2 0.000 28

National Division

American Division

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AAAA Playoff #7 Stars Baseball Academy - 11, #8 Vukgripz Akron A's - 5 #1 Chicago Woodpeckers - 4, #2 New Jersey Mets - 2 #1 Chicago Woodpeckers - 3, #7 Stars BB Academy - 2 #5 Jet Box - 10, #6 Minnesota Oilers - 4

AAA Playoff #1 Miami Cubs - 6, #15 Liga del Oeste - 5 #9 Minnesota Web Gems - 26, #8 FM Hooter's Owls - 3 #5 Toledo Aces - 4, #12 TTown Jack-Os - 1 #4 Chicago Knights - 14, #13 Cincinnati Colt .45s - 10 #3 Pensacola Sharks - 12, #14 NEO Angels - 5 #11 Tidewater Drillers - 17, #6 Tenn White Lightnin' - 2 #7 Americans Baseball Club - 6, #10 Detroit Dodgers - 4 #16 RusStar Baseball Club - 11, #2 MaxBat - 2 #4 Chicago Knights - 2, #5 Toledo Aces - 1 #9 Minnesota Web Gems - 5, #1 Miami Cubs - 4 #7 Americans BB Club - 11, #16 RusStar BB Club - 6 #11 Tidewater Drillers - 6, #3 Pensacola Sharks - 5

AA Playoff Fr-2A, #8 Kodak Reds - 8, #10 Panhandle Pirates - 7 Fr-2A, #6 Baltimore Chop - 16, #11 Akron Cardinals - 0 Fr-2A, #9 South Bend Cardinals - 26, #7 Flint Tigers - 10 Fr-2A, #8 Kodak Reds - 2, #1 Glass City Black Sox - 1 Fr-2A, #6 Baltimore Chop - 6, #3 Germain Ohio Aces - 1 Fr-2A, #9 South Bend Cardinals - 9, #2 Ukraine Kozaks - 4 Fr-2A, #5 Nova Scotia Alpines - 10, #4 DRS Pirates - 5

Non-Playoff game Chi-Sox - 15, Can-Am Padres - 8

Veterans 35+ DivisionFriday Results

AAAA Games #6 Minnesota Oilers @ #1 Chicago Woodpeckers, 10:00 AM - JB-S

Winner @ #5 Jet Box, 1:30 PM - JB-S

AAA Games #9 Minnesota Web Gems @ #4 Chicago Knights, 10:00 AM - CL4

#11 Tidewater Drillers @ #7 Americans Baseball Club, 10:00 AM - CL3

Winner @ Winner, 1:30 PM - CL-S

AA Games #8 Kodak Reds @ #5 Nova Scotia Alpines, 10:00 AM - PDC3

#9 South Bend Cardinals @ #6 Baltimore Chop, 10:00 AM - PDC4

Winner @ Winner, 2:00 PM - CP-S

Saturday Schedule

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Photos by Greg Wagner

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Evolution players warming up for game action.East Coast Yankees 2nd baseman

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