WASHINGTON -- The batter had barely finished his swing -- whiffing on a pitch up and over the plate -- before Mo’ne Davis scampered off the mound with a friendly grin on her face and the shouts of an adoring crowd in her ears. At 13 years old, she had just become the first girl to earn a win (and throw a shutout) in the Little League World Series.

Eleven years later, on Friday in Washington, D.C., Davis was back for more.

This time, instead of being one of two girls playing on boys’ teams, Davis took the field alongside hundreds of women trying out for the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL). It is the first professional baseball league for women in the United States since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- the inspiration for A League of Their Own -- shuttered in

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