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Tamara Holmes & USA Baseball Women's Team at World Cup in Thunder Bay

@TheBaseballBiz Episode 248

Tamara Holmes, Pan Am World Cup winner talks with us about the Women’s Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay.

  • USA Baseball Women’s World Cup
  • @MLBDevelops & @USABaseball – camps develop young women for baseball
  • Women are getting bigger, faster and stronger in the game
  • Veronica Alvarez has built a solid plan for the Women’s Team
  • Alvarez’s Mini-Mic Mondays 
  • MLBDevelops Trailblazer
  • Kat Williams at Trailblazer speaking to young women on getting word out
  • Women in Basketball have who led the way in professional sports, Cynthia Cooper, Dawn Staley & now JuJu Watkins, Angel Reese & Caitlin Clark
  • Baseball Players, Women who are powerhouses today include: Kelsie Whitmore, Ashton Lansdell, Remi Schaber, Naomi Ryan 
  • Naomi Ryan – multi-talented & fluid athletea future in the g, ame
  • Tamara - Gym Owner, Professional Athlete & Parent speaks to regimen to stay a strong athlete
  • Training involved to maintain professional athletic ability and strength
  • People who are part of the support at training camps include: have Jim Koerner, the Crespo family, Crespo junior and senior, Calvin Pickering, Bruce Chen
  • Tough conversations with baseball players who have become phenomenal but may not be the talent that the Women’s team needs that year when you only have 1 national team that meets every 4 years
  • What is the game plan to increase awareness & support for Women’s Baseball
  • LA Olympics - What will it take for Women’s Baseball in the Olympics
  • Sue Zipay with All Girls Baseball tournament developing girls teams based on 5 of the original AAGPBL teams
  • Pan American Women’s Baseball Gold Cup – Olympic caliber achievement
  • What infrastructure will be needed to bring Women’s baseball to the Olympic Games
  • Justine Siegal – Baseball For All – is developing young girls in the game & Women’s College Baseball Clubs
  • Where will young women go to play if there is not a League of Their Own
  • Where will the Women’s Baseball World Cup be televised – https://bit.ly/3LHIqhx
  • When will we see ESPN broadcasting some of these games in years to come
  • Jean Fruth phenomenal photographer & storyteller – “See Her, Be Her” documentary will be seen during world series
  • Mark Duran also working on documentary on Women’s Baseball
  • The USA Women’s Baseball Team is ready to win
  • Tamara speaks to watching young women progress over time as accomplished players like Alex Hugo

Games begin July 28 - watch the games at https://bit.ly/3LHIqhx
Learn more at https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/home

Keep up with Tamara for the latest on Women's Baseball at: https://www.facebook.com/t24onfya

USA Womens Baseball Team:
https://www.usabaseball.com/team-usa/womens-national-team 

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