The debates raged hot and heavy all last year: With the talent we have in the NPF, could an NPF All-Star team beat the Olympic team? The only way to really know would be to compete on the diamond, and this will happen next June. Okay, they are calling this Team NPF, but it sounds like an all-st... [More]

Other items from the meeting of team owners: 1) Each team will play the other 5 teams in the league 8 times, which I would assume means a home-and-away series with each team. This means we will have the opportunity to see Chicago visit the GMU stadium, unlike in 2007. (Of course, Jennie Fin... [More]

On Nov 7th, Rockford announced that they traded pitcher Abbie Sims and infielder Jackie Wong to the Philadelphia Force, in exchange for a draft pick. You may recall that last month Rockford made a 1-for-3 trade, so they had an excess of players. The Force seem to be trying to replace qualit... [More]

Sources tell me that Brooke will not be playing for her new team (Akron) in 2008, and will instead take a non-softball-related full-time job. If true, this means getting just a draft pick for her looks like a good deal after all.  

On Oct 23, Rockford traded Amanda Freed to the Chicago Bandits, in exchange for Megan Willis, Krista Jessup, and Gina Oaks. Freed spent the last 3 years with the Thunder, but she hasn't seen much time in the circle since 2005, and she really slumped at the plate this past season. None of th... [More]