Rockford Peaches

Seventy-Eight years ago, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League had its first day of league play. The women’s league was founded, in part,…

A woman who is thought to be the last of the original Rockford Peaches has died. Mary Pratt pitched in the inaugural season of the All-American Girls…

A Rockford Peach turned 90 Friday -- and her family and fans are throwing her a drive-thru surprise party, in keeping with stay-at-home guidelines, of…

75 years ago this week, the women of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League put on their skirts and cleats and trotted out onto four…

19,000 visitors are expected to swoop into the Rockford area, starting this weekend. Four major national conventions and events are underway.Most of them…

The International Women’s Baseball Center dedicated its first brick-and-mortar site over the weekend. The nonprofit promotes women's baseball and works to…

Rockford has a long and storied baseball history. Now, an international organization hopes to create a long and storied future for the sport there.The…

The Rockford area has a long history of women’s baseball, from the Rockford Peaches in the '40s and '50s to today’s Starfires. Now it’s trying to…

It has been 60 years since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League’s players hung up their spikes. Now, a new book profiles one of the…