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Dreamcatchers Women's Professional Baseball

Girls are often told they can't play baseball. Help us show girls they can. Join our Fan Club.

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Dreamcatchers Women's Professional Baseball

Dreamcatchers Women's Professional Baseball

Dreamcatchers Women's Professional Baseball

Dreamcatchers Women's Professional Baseball

Dreamcatchers Women's Professional Baseball

Girls are often told they can't play baseball. Help us show girls they can. Join our Fan Club.

Girls are often told they can't play baseball. Help us show girls they can. Join our Fan Club.

Girls are often told they can't play baseball. Help us show girls they can. Join our Fan Club.

Girls are often told they can't play baseball. Help us show girls they can. Join our Fan Club.

Justine Siegal
Justine Siegal
Justine Siegal
Justine Siegal
1 Campaign |
Cooperstown, United States
$894 USD 23 backers
1% of $50,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Inspiring Girls Through Pro Women's Baseball

Dreamcatchers is a barnstorming professional women's baseball club showcasing many of baseball's best players. Headlining the Dreamcatchers is French shortstop, Melissa Mayeux, who just made history as the first woman on MLB's international draft list. The Dreamcatchers home park is historic Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY.

Dreamcatchers will inspire millions of baseball fans who have dared to wonder what Major League Baseball's first female player might look like. As she might just look like a Dreamcatcher.


The Impact: Why We Need the Dreamcatchers

A former major leaguer and current minor league coach asked his 3 year old daughter to go outside with him and go practice hitting. She responded, "Daddy, girls don't play baseball." Shocked by her answer he asked her where she got that idea. His sharp and observant daughter explained, "because I have never seen a girl player at any of your games."

To be it is to see it. The Dreamcatchers is a women's professional baseball club inspiring girls and boys to follow their dreams. All of our players are committed to being community role models and serving as baseball ambassadors. With the Dreamcatchers leading the way girls will know they have a place in this great game. Without limitatations, encouraged by all, girls can pursue their own baseball glory. And between the fun, the life lessons, and the pursuit of the dream, she just might become the next Dreamcatcher.

On the impact of the Dreamcatchers, Mayor of Cooperstown Jeff Katz predicts,  "the women who play in Cooperstown will be as much an inspiration as the Hall of Famers residing on the other side of Main Street."


Leadership: Started by a Baseball Trailblazer

​Recently named the first woman to coach for a MLB organization, Justine Siegal, said, "Its an honor to make history but its much more important we build a better future."Justine started the Dreamcatchers to inspire girls to follow their baseball dreams. 

Justine is the first  woman to coach men’s professional baseball (2015, A's) and to throw batting practice to a Major League Baseball team (2011, Indians, A's, Rays, Cardinals, Astros, Mets). She is the Founder of Baseball For All, a nonprofit providing opportunities for girls in baseball. She has a PhD in Sport Psychology and is a graduate of the MLB Scout Development Program. What gets her up in the morning is her passion to help girls know they have a place in baseball. Justine shares, "I want them to know there are no limits. There are no gender boxes. Just be who you want to be and follow your dreams."


Our Fan Base: An International Audience

The Dreamcatchers are a team for everyone. All of our players were told they should quit playing baseball because they are a girl. They didn't think that was a very good reason. So they kept playing. The Dreamcatchers represent everyone who was told they couldn't do something. The Dreamcatchers show that we can.

Our on-site fan base is built right in to our game schedule. Over a million baseball fans visit Cooperstown each year. Many of them go to historic Doubleday field to see what's happening. This June they just might walk into a Dreamcatchers game. When not at Doubleday, the Dreamcatchers will play at minor league parks as a pre/post miner league game promotion. Fans will already be their seats.

The Dreamcatchers will use social media to engage fans from around the world. Post game production videos, player blog posts, and photos are some of the inspiring materials that will be marketed daily. The Dreamcatchers are sponsored by a highly regarded public relations firm. With world-wide fan base appeal the Dreamcatchers future is bright with unlimited potential.


The Cost: Making the Dreamcatchers a Reality

With approximately 22 women on the club roster, each being paid the equivalent of a low-A minor league salary of $800-$1100 for the month long season, its easy to see where costs add up. Then add travel fees, housing, uniforms, equipment, and general operation costs and its easy to see that $75,000 is a bare bones budget of what it will take make women's pro baseball a reality. 

Your club membership will go directly into the budget of making dreams come true. Not just for the women elected to play but of the girls around the world who dream of one day becoming  Dreamcatcher. Your membership will make a meaningful difference as we shatter gender stereo-types, expand the game, and highlight a world full of possibilities.

Thank you for believing. Together we are the Dreamcatchers!



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Fan Club Member

$20 USD
Congrats, you're now a club member of the Dreamcatchers. You'll go on our member email list to receive exclusive team email and video updates and have your name listed on our 2016 sponsors page.
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Show Your Love with a T-shirt!

$40 USD
All the benefits of the Fan Club membership PLUS an exclusive member-only Dreamcatchers T-shirt!
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June 2016
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Video Evaluation by MLB Scout

$200 USD
Submit a personal baseball video and have it evaluated by a MLB Scout PLUS Fan Club Membership and exclusive T-shirt.
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Ultimate Fan

$500 USD
Receive a Dreamcatchers jersey signed by the whole team, an autographed team baseball, and a 15 min. Skype chat with a Dreamcatcher. PLUS Fan Club Membership and 2 exclusive T-shirts.
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June 2016
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