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The Ballers -- nicknamed the B's, in a sly nod to the soon-departing A's -- have been marketed as an injection of positivity into a town that has otherwise seen its major professional franchises leave.
The Oakland Ballers independent league baseball team signed three players after their open tryout last weekend at Oakland's Laney College, including the first woman who ever signed a professional contract with a Major League Baseball partner team.
Whitmore is a trailblazer for women in professional baseball. She's relishing this new opportunity to compete and inspire those around her.
Come the first week of June, the Oakland Ballers -- better-known as the B's, in a sly nod to the soon-departing A's -- hope to greet fans with a site worthy of their attendance. Along with a re-contoured field, there will be thousands of parking spaces, plenty of seating and shuttles going to and from the BART station a mile away.
Expansion Oakland Ballers hold open tryout amid backdrop of Athletics leaving for Sacramento at season's end.