RECENT news
July 2025
Women’s Baseball Finds a Home in Rockford
260 Dugout: Women In Baseball Week
It’s Women In Baseball Week, celebrating history, events & playing today with Ryan Woodward
Experience Women’s Baseball at the Rockford Public Library’s New Exhibit
June 2025
Women’s Baseball World Cup coming to Rockford in 2026
Rockford region to host 2026 Women’s Baseball World Cup Group Stage
Rockford to host Group Stage of the Women’s Baseball World Cup in 2026
April 2025
Senator Stadelman Announces $400,000 Commitment to Beyer Stadium Upgrades
The push to bring professional women’s baseball back to the home of the Rockford Peaches
Illinois pitches in $400K to upgrade Beyer Stadium, home field of the Rockford Peaches
Rockford Peaches’ stadium funding secured to boost women’s pro baseball
State Funding to Help Bring Baseball Back to Beyer Stadium
March 2025
RPL celebrates Baseball Legend Maybelle Blair with launch of new biography
The Hall of Very Good Podcast: Dr. Kat Williams
Womens Baseball Heritage Trail with Ryan Woodward of IWBC
February 2025
Beth Greenwood Announced as 2025 Hustle Award Winner
January 2025
Blair, Heaphy, Williams named to Women’s Pro Baseball League Advisory Board
December 2024
Phantom Regiment Peach Perfect Whiskey (December 2024)
September 2024
Exhibit highlighting women in baseball opens at Rockford University (September 2024)
Rockford sets out plan for spending new wave of Hard Rock Casino revenue (September 2024)
Chasing a Dream women’s baseball history exhibit coming to Rockford University (September 2024)
August 2024
Historic women’s baseball player looks to inspire more girls to play (August 2024)
July 2024
March 2024
The Upper Deck Special Event! Women in Baseball: Past, Present, and Future (March 2024)
Kate, the Archivist for the International Women’s Baseball Center (March 2024)
February 2024
Leslie Heaphy among SABR 2024 Henry Chadwick Award winners (February 2024)
Perry Barber – Leads a path for girls & women to become umpires & baseball players (February 2024)
January 2024
City to spend $400K at former Rockford Peaches stadium jump start $15M transformation (January 2024)
September 2023
Dates announced for WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals 2024 (September 2023)
Mets honor women’s baseball trailblazer Maybelle Blair (September 2023)
August 2023
USA Baseball Women’s National Team makes historic visit to Rockford (August 2023)
Fans pack Rivets Stadium on Rockford Peaches night (August 2023)
‘Our foot is in the door’: USA women’s baseball team shows Rockford what’s possible (August 2023)
July 2023
USA Women’s Baseball team coming to Rockford (July 2023)
June 2023
USA women’s baseball team will pay tribute to Peaches with game in Rockford (June 2023)
Hard Rock gift will help commemorate women’s baseball in Rockford (June 2023)
May 2023
Armour, Levitt, Williams, Evans, Shieber elected to SABR Board of Directors in 2023 (May 2023)