Naugatuck Hackers To Celebrate Women's Involvement in Baseball

From Naugatuck Hackers: A men’s baseball team from Connecticut, the Naugatuck Hackers, will be playing an exhibition baseball game with women baseball players from the New England area.

The game is scheduled for Saturday, June 30, 2pm, at Herlihy Field (271 River Rd.), Whately, MA. The event is free, and open to the public; families are especially welcome to witness this unique event.

Players from both teams will be mixed together, and divided into two squads. The women ball-players have all participated in the Red Sox Women’s Fantasy Camp in past years, while the Hackers are made up of men with high school varsity, collegiate, and even professional playing experience.
Behind home plate, calling balls and strikes, will be Perry Barber. Ms. Barber has arbitered at all levels of baseball, including the professional, independent Atlantic League, Mets’ spring training games, and the Red Sox Women’s Fantasy Camp. She is the recipient of the inaugural Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). This award recognizes Perry’s tireless advocacy for women in baseball . Barber also conducts umpiring clinics, has been a featured guest on the MLB Network, and is a board member for the International Women’s Baseball Center, and an advisor for Baseball for All.

Coincidentally, 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) which was featured in the 1992 film, A League of Their Own. This exhibition serves to bring women and men together to participate in the game they love, and to raise awareness for women’s involvement in baseball as a whole.

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