ROSEMONT, Ill -- Three hours before the historical first pitch, fans lined either side of the blue carpet leading up to the entrance of The Stadium at Parkway Bank Sports Complex.

Youth softball teams in full uniform, groups of girls with Talons, Bandits, Volts and Blaze T-shirts and families from the Illinois area and beyond were among those eager to find their seats and witness the opening game of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s inaugural season.

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“It’s really surreal,” said Kara Duncan, mother of Bandits starting catcher Cori McMillan. “It’s just beyond any belief I would have had even at the beginning of this college softball season. Just to realize that there was more after this for her, and then just looking forward to the generations to come. It’s j

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