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Edition #113 · Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · 2919 positive stories
Kindness & Community

Pro Women’s Baseball Resumes for First Time Since 1954: A League of Their Own is BACK!

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Pro Women’s Baseball Resumes for First Time Since 1954: A League of Their Own is BACK!

Almost eight decades after she last played baseball, Maybelle Blair returned to the diamond - in a wheelchair - to inaugurate the new women’s US baseball league. It brought Blair’s uniquely American story full circle - and she wasn’t going to miss it for anything. “I tell you, I broke four ribs recently,” the 99-year-old told a news crew from WICS. […]

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The kindness section highlights people helping people: strangers stepping in during emergencies, communities rallying around neighbors, small acts that ripple outward. These are not performative charity stories; they are moments where someone chose to act when they did not have to.

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