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

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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