Recent News

RECENT NEWS

June 2025

International Women’s Baseball Center in Rockford, USA to host WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup 2026/2027 Group Stage

Women’s Baseball World Cup coming to Rockford in 2026

Rockford region to host Women’s Baseball World Cup for first time in state history, second time in U.S.

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

Rockford Earns Women’s Baseball World Cup Group Stage Hosting Rights, Team USA Receives Automatic Bid

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

Rockford Public Library to host book launch party with celebrated women’s baseball player Maybelle Blair

Womens Baseball Heritage Trail with Ryan Woodward of IWBC

Historian, Dr. Kat Williams and her book All the Way: The Life of Baseball Trailblazer Maybelle Blair

Beth Greenwood Announced as 2025 Hustle Award Winner (February 2025)

Blair, Heaphy, Williams named to Women’s Pro Baseball League Advisory Board (January 2025). 

Phantom Regiment Peach Perfect Whiskey (December 2024).

New women’s baseball league names 97-year-old AAGPBL alum honorary chair on advisory board (December 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).

Historic women’s baseball player looks to inspire more girls to play (August 2024).

Beyer Stadium Upgrades Intended To Draw National Women’s Tournaments As Baseball Center Plans Progress (July 2024).

The Upper Deck Special Event! Women in Baseball: Past, Present, and Future (March 2024).

‘Living my dream’ : Retiring Marshall history professor embarks on her next chapter as CEO of International Women’s Baseball Center (March 2024).

Librarian Linkover: Ryan Woodward, Program Manager at the International Women’s Baseball Center (March 2024).

Kate, the Archivist for the International Women’s Baseball Center (March 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).

City to spend $400K at former Rockford Peaches stadium jump start $15M transformation (January 2024).

Maybelle Blair selected as 2023 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner (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)

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)

“I’ve been dreaming of this a long time,” USA women’s baseball takes the field at historic Beyer Stadium (August 2023)

USA Women’s Baseball team coming to Rockford (July 2023)

SABR 51: Listen to highlights from AAGPBL panel with Maybelle Blair, Kristie Erickson, Kat Williams (July 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)

Armour, Levitt, Williams, Evans, Shieber elected to SABR Board of Directors in 2023 (May 2023)