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Thanks to the Sonoma Stompers, Kelsie Whitmore and Stacy Piagno are one step closer to getting a woman into The Show.Whitmore and Piagno, two female baseball players who helped lead Team USA to a gold medal at last years Pan Am Games, signed a deal with the Stompers, an independent league baseball team based in Sonoma, California, that plays in the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. The players will debut on Friday.Whitmore, 17, is an outfielder/pitcher who will play left field, while the 25-year-old Piagno, who went 2-0 with a 2.87 ERA in a team-high 15 2/3 innings at the Pan Am Games, will use her?fastball, knuckle-curve and slider on the mound.While many believe its only a matter of time before we see a woman playing in the MLB, Ive learned over the past several months that there are many steps in between where we are and where we should be in terms of women in this sport, Stompers VP and GM Theo Fightmaster said in a news release. We hope this sends a message to the rest of the baseball world that there is room for women and girls in this game -- from Little League to the Major Leagues.The Stompers made history last year when Sean Conroy, baseballs first active professional player who came out as gay, played in a game last June -- and threw a shutout.?Sonoma will become the first coed professional team since the 1950s, when three women played in the Negro Leagues.Whitmore, who will attend Cal State Fullerton on a softball scholarship in the fall, and Piagno will suit up for Team USA in September in the Womens Baseball World Cup in South Korea. But theyre not the only Team USA players to make noise this season. Teammate Sarah Hudek earned her first college baseball win?in February.Back in April, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said he believes there will soon be a female baseball player in the majors.Perhaps this is just the start for Whitmore and Piagno.Nike Vapormax Wholesale China . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. Vapormax Flyknit 2 Nz . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.airvapormaxnz.com/air-max-plus-97-sale-nz.html . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium. Cheap Vapormax China . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Nike Vapormax Wholesale China . Barcelonas entertaining victory ensured the defending Spanish champions retained their share of the league lead with Atletico Madrid two rounds ahead of their meeting in the capital. Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals.SILVERSTONE, Great Britain -- The stewards at the British Grand Prix decided not to take any action against Nico Rosberg after an alleged breach of the Sporting Regulations during qualifying.Rosberg was summoned to the stewards to explain an unusually slow lap during Q1 as he cooled his tyres between runs. The FIA sets a maximum time between the two safety car lines -- positioned after the pit lane exit and before the pit lane entrance -- to try to prevent accidents caused by differences in speed between drivers on hot laps and drivers on in- or out-laps.ddddddddddddRosberg was clocked doing a 2:26.444 following his first flying lap of Q1, which, by comparison, was 28 seconds slower than Lewis Hamiltons cool-down lap at the same part of qualifying. However, when it was pointed out that Rosberg was not an in-lap to the pits at the time, the stewards deemed the lap to be within the regulations. ' ' '