San Francisco is stepping up to the plate to welcome another professional sports team, this time in an entirely new league.

The Women's Professional Baseball League has chosen New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco as the cities that will represent the four teams competing in their inaugural season.

People throughout the Bay Area are excited to see it, including Sara Yergovich, the co-owner of San Francisco's only women's sports bar, Rikki's.

"We have a picture of a league of their own here," said Yergovich, pointing to a photo on the wall of women's sports memorabilia. "To be one of the four founding cities for that league is phenomenal."

For Yergovich, this new team is extra special.

"I played baseball as a kid," Yergovich explained. "I didn't play softball, I think just b

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