Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. 

This week, we chat with friend of the pod Jen Ramos-Eisen about the fledgling Women’s Pro Baseball League ahead of next week’s draft. We discuss the choice of cities for the first four teams, the salaries, the logistics of the draft, what we think will determine the success of the league, and more.

We then do a fun exercise where we propose potential team names for the New York WPBL team. Linda proposed the Meadowlarks (after Joan Payson’s preferred team name for what would eventually become the Mets), Maggie proposed the Queens (after New York’s best borough), and Allison proposed Excelsior (for New York’s motto). Check our socials to vote for your favorite!

Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. 

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You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky (@apodoftheirown) and you can follow Home Run Applesauce on Twitter and Instagram (@HRApplesauce). You can find Jen Ramos-Eisen on Bluesky, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also follow our co-hosts on Twitter and Bluesky: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com. 

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