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Max breaks down the picks from a WPBL mock draft he and others participated in. And there is a surprise guest appearance...

Written mock draft recap: https://www.wpblfan.com/p/mock

The other managers are...

Justin Jabs: https://www.wpblfan.com/, @wpblfan

Mary Mustard: https://towardsamoreperfectgame.substack.com/, @marymmustard

Kate Nowlin: @wpblnews, TikTok, YouTube

Don't pay any attention to Draco. ;)

Max reacts to the announcement of four WPBL teams based in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He gives his take on the "winners" and "losers" from this news.

Spoiler alert: Max is one of the losers. :(

Max gives his initial thoughts on the WPBL's public draft prospect list from the league website.

Research one or more of these players and get their stories told! You don't have to be a journalism major or minor to do it.

Max discusses the WPBL's delay in announcing the team names, cities and game locations. He also gives his take on the proposed rules from David Li's article for NBC News.

Huge thank you to WPBLFan (Justin Jabs) for inspiring me to give my take on the proposed rules! Subscribe to him on Substack if you haven't already!

Max provides play-by-play for the second game of the public WPBL scrimmage at Nationals Park. The call was made from right behind the backstop in the front row of seats.

DISCLAIMER: I did NOT have rosters provided to me in advance with names, jersey numbers, and pronunciations. The league was busy with everything else, which is understandable. I apologize in advance for all mistakes. I still thought it was worth giving it my best to provide the play-by-play for historical and archival purposes. PLEASE do not fill my comment sections with complaints about the above. I hope to eventually broadcast WPBL games with those resources and I promise it will be better. Thanks! :)

Photo credit: Fremantle

Max provides play-by-play for the first game of the public WPBL scrimmage at Nationals Park. The call was made from right behind the backstop in the front row of seats.

Most of the press conference audio is also available at the very end of the episode.

DISCLAIMER: I did NOT have rosters provided to me in advance with names, jersey numbers, and pronunciations. The league was busy with everything else, which is understandable. I apologize in advance for all mistakes. I still thought it was worth giving it my best to provide the play-by-play for historical and archival purposes. PLEASE do not fill my comment sections with complaints about the above. I hope to eventually broadcast WPBL games with those resources and I promise it will be better. Thanks! :)

Photo credit: Fremantle

Does Arwen survive the first cuts? Tune in to find out! Max also provides play-by-play for the first three simulated games (highlights only, lots of edits).

Photo credit: Getty Images

Max puts on bug spray (!) and covers Arwen McCullough's tryout for the WPBL. More conversation with the Cal Poly players. Storytelling for the win!

Max tries to get some fly-on-the-wall, documentary-style audio from the first day of the WPBL tryouts. He meets up with some of the Cal Poly club baseball players. Brief interview with pitcher Alli Schroder from Canada.

Max introduces himself and argues why this podcast and the WPBL should exist. If you don't know anything about the new women's pro baseball league starting in 2026, this episode has you covered!