The second edition of Stories from the Dugout - Empowering Women in Baseball - is a tale about the first-ever female international baseball umpire from Chinese Taipei and her journey to the top.

Alvarez led the world No. 5 women's baseball programme to its first Pan-American title since 2015 and became the first woman awarded the Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year Award.

Women's baseball is evolving internationally and within various countries.

The hosts Mexico, China, France and the Philippines will participate for the first time. The ninth edition of the event will be a 12-team tournament.

The new manager succeeds André Lachance. France won the first-ever Women's Baseball European Championship and qualified for the WBSC World Cup 2020.

The former World Cup MVP at age 28 is still involved as a player. She is also a certified WBSC Baseball5 instructor.

After claiming the top four positions at the BFA Women’s Baseball Asian Cup, Japan, Chinese Taipei, the Philippines and China qualified for WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup 2020.

The top four teams in the final standings will play next year’s WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup

U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019 generates WBSC’s most-liked Facebook post. World Cup featuring the best young baseball players is a media success

Europe and the Americas held for the first time qualifying events for the WBSC Women’s World Cup. France won the European Championship earlier this Summer. The first-ever Pan Am Championship promoted four more National Teams