The Women's Professional Baseball League will hold its inaugural season in Springfield, Illinois, the league announced Nov. 17, as its four teams will contest games at 5,200-seat Robin Roberts Stadium in the state capital.

Earlier this month, the league announced that the four teams in the league will represent Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. The rosters will be populated with the league's first player draft on Nov. 20, which will be broadcast live on the league's YouTube , Instagram and TikTok channels.

Choosing Springfield as the site for 2026 games — scheduled to begin Aug. 1 — was both logistical and symbolic, according to league organizers. The league desired a centralized locale for its first season. And Springfield, according to the league, was, in 1875, the site of

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