21, 2011, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) FILE - Massachusetts assistant baseball coach Julie Croteau watches the team during practice in Amherst, Mass., Feb. 28, 1995. (AP Photo/David ...

Seventy years since the last professional women’s baseball league, another one hopes to give women a chance to shine in baseball For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau's trailblazing ...

So when she recently heard about plans to give today's players the chance to shine against other women in baseball, Croteau had one thought. “It’s about time,” she said with a chuckle.

Frequently as teammates. Always as foes. That’s mostly how it’s been for generations of female players. So when she recently heard about plans to give today’s players the chance to shine against other ...