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WASHINGTON -- Maybelle Blair took the field at Nationals Park early Monday morning to do something she has done countless times before: deliver the ceremonial first pitch before a professional baseball game.

This time was different. This time was special.

When Blair delivered the first pitch to baseball icon Mo’ne Davis , it kicked off the final day of tryouts for the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL). There were two games set for the day, with the final 100 women split into four teams to square off in front of scouts, fans, family and, of course, women’s baseball royalty in Blair and Jeneane “Lefty” Lesko, who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (the inspiration for the hit film “A League of Their Own”).

For Blair, it’s a chanc

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