Women's Pro Baseball League shows on-field product at Red Sox spring site before inaugural season

A few yards from where the Boston Red Sox prepared for a spring training game Thursday, women's baseball players took the field for a different kind of exhibition — one for a league just taking shape. The Women's Pro Baseball League was in Fort Myers for a two-day event hosted by the Red Sox and held an intrasquad scrimmage Thursday, marking its first chance since last summer's open tryouts to bring players together and continue shaping the league's on-field product ahead of the start of its...

By ALANIS THAMES