'There just weren't women playing' - Kelsie Whitmore, baseball trailblazer

The first woman to play in an MLB-affiliated league since 1994 understands interest but is busy making her way in the sport Kelsie Whitmore is one of three figures on the baseball diamond at the Staten Island Community Park. The stands of the ballpark are empty, give or take a few hotdog sellers opening their kiosks in the concourses. Her coach, Nelson Figueroa, is hitting balls at her, which she waits on before reading the angle it will arrive, motioning towards the ball, then receiving it in h...