Two-time Olympic medalist and North Salinas High School graduate Monica Abbott will serve as an on-field analyst for ESPN in their college softball coverage.
The USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) topped Japan, 3-2, to claim the 2022 World Championship title in front of over 8,000 fans at Hoover Met Stadium. The Red, White and Blue Team earned its third straight championship following its gold medal finishes at the 2016 and 2018 WBSC World Championships.
A standalone organisation has been created to govern the Baseball5
discipline in Japan. Baseball5 Japan has been launched thanks to a
joint venture between the Baseball Federation of Japan and the Japan
Softball Association.