CBS 58's Hometown Athlete: MLB's local link to the expansion of girls baseball

WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- A Saturday morning baseball clinic.

Until you realize this is an all-girls practice.

"I mean, there's college people, like college girls are getting scholarships now," Avery Courtney says. "So that's even more inspiring to want to continue and go as far as I can."

Lilly Rechlitz had to switch to softball in high school. Now she's overjoyed these girls, a few years younger, don't have to.

"It's awesome," Lilly Rechlitz says. "It's amazing. Just knowing that, you know, this is now a thing for them. For the younger girls. Growing up, it's something I wish I had."

Avery Courtney plays on the first all-girls team sponsored by a Major League team, the Minnesota Twins.

"I was getting down on myself," Courtney says. "Like, girls feel like wanting to quit because of things, and I had an experience one time where I wanted to quit pretty bad. And going to BFA brought the spark back in me that I didn't have before."

Now, both encourage more girls to join the growing movement.

"Just be yourself," Courtney says. "And even if you want to switch to softball, go ahead if that's what you want. Don't do what other people are telling you to or say that you should do. Just be you and do what you want."

"I think this is a great opportunity for young girls," Rechlitz says. "Just never let anybody tell you that you can't play baseball, because you can. There's a place for you. There will always be a place for you. Regardless of what anybody tells you."