First South Australian female to play in Women's Baseball World Cup hopes to inspire others
ABCWhen Carly Moore steps up to the plate this week, she will become the first South Australian woman to represent Australia at a Women's Baseball World Cup. Key points: Carly Moore will play for Australia at the Women's Baseball World Cup starting this week The 27-year-old catcher is the first South Australian woman to be selected to the national team She hopes to inspire more South Australian women to take up baseball The 27-year-old catcher said learning she had made the team was a mixture of relief and "a lot of pride". "To someone from the outside if might look a bit boring but when you really know what's going on, one play or one hit can really turn a game," she said. "It's pretty expected that the US will be the top of our pool, and Canada and us are pretty close contenders," Moore said.
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