Inside the all-girls baseball leagues expanding across Canada
Dana Bookman’s athletic daughter loves baseball, but she was less enthusiastic about playing in a league where she was the only girl out of 400 kids in her age division. Sensing a need, Bookman founded Toronto Girls Baseball in 2016, the only all-girls baseball league in Canada. It's since expanded to Manitoba and Nova Scotia.
Players juggle baseballs during tryouts for Toronto Girls Baseball.Chris Donovan
Parents watch as girls aged nine and 10 tryout for Toronto Girls Baseball.Chris Donovan/The Globe and Mail
Isabel Silber catches a fly ball during tryouts for Toronto Girls Baseball.Chris Donovan
Players listen to a coach during tryouts for Toronto Girls Baseball.Chris Donovan
Ava Isotta-Riches, left, Sienna Baron, cneter, and Annika Nicholishen during tryouts for Toronto Girls Baseball.Chris Donovan
Toronto Girls Baseball Fall 2017 Kate Rames (front) Noa Rae O’Neill (braids). They’re at a TGB rookie select team.Dana Bookman handout