Hundreds of women will flock to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turning pro baseball dreams into reality.

Some at the historic tryout will be seasoned veterans and trailblazers in the women's game. Plenty others are beginners chasing a shot at the pros.

They'll meet on the same field in a camp organized by the Women's Pro Baseball League. Set to debut next year , the league is holding the first pro women's baseball tryouts in more than 80 years this weekend in partnership with Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. The U.S. hasn't had a pro women's league since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League — the one immortalized in “A League of Their Own” — dissolved in 1954.

Players will take part in drill-focused sessions, athletic performance testi

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