How Kelsie Whitmore Became the #1 Overall Pick in Women’s Pro Baseball History

Welcome to the Party is launching its first-ever Book Club with Billie Jean King’s new book, See It to Be It, co-written with Liz Robbins and featuring 11 athletes who are changing what the next generation can imagine. Then, one of those athletes joins the party: history-making baseball player Kelsie Whitmore. The Savannah Bananas star and first overall pick in the new Women’s Pro Baseball League opens up about growing up as the only girl on the field, the isolation and pressure that came with competing in male-dominated spaces, and the emotional moment she finally stepped onto a field surrounded by women who understood that experience. Kelsie also shares what it meant to receive the torch from baseball pioneer Maybelle Blair, why she never gave up on the game she loved, and her message to the next generation: dream big, believe in yourself, and never let anyone else define the version of you that belongs.

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Billie Jean King’s new book, See It to Be It: https://a.co/d/0axjnoVJ

Books By Billie Jean King: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/74527.Billie_Jean_King

WPBL Baseball Schedule: https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/schedule/

Follow Kelsie Whitmore:https://www.instagram.com/kelsie_whitmore/?hl=en

Maybelle Blair throwing out the first pitch:https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbl60zFGVeI/

At 95, Maybelle Blair came out to the world, her incredible Story:https://www.mlb.com/news/maybelle-blair-on-coming-out-at-95-and-a-new-league-of-their-own

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