Mo’ne Davis admitted she was nervous ahead of her tryout for the Women’s Pro Baseball League.
The former Little League sensation was among 600 players who arrived at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy on Friday to compete for roster spots in the six-team circuit, which is set to launch next year.
Davis, the first girl to earn a win as a pitcher in the Little League World Series, is no stranger to the spotlight. Now 24, she hasn’t played competitively in about five years, and she said her jitters subsided as soon as she reached the field.
“I’ve been here plenty of times. I’ve played here plenty of times,” said Davis, who did work in the outfield and took batting practice. “Seeing familiar faces — that kind of calmed me down a little bit.”
Justine Siegal, a WPBL co-founder,