Hundreds of women from around the world are in the nation’s capital this weekend to step up to the plate with the dream of earning a spot in the only professional women’s baseball league in the United States.

The Women’s Pro Baseball League was the brainchild of Keith Stein. The Toronto businessman asked Justine Siegal, who was the first woman to coach a male professional baseball team, to join him in the adventure.

“It was very easy for me to say yes,” Siegal said of the offer from Stein. “I’ve been playing baseball since tee-ball.”

When Siegal was 13, she was told to quit baseball because she was a girl.

“That’s when I knew I’d play forever,” she told WTOP with a smile.

With long, blonde hair, stylish sunglasses and a quick wit, some could compare Siegal to Penny Marshall, the direc

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