well, generally, women/girls don't play organized baseball after little league.

Here's a link to a women's pro league

http://www.womensbaseball.com/

Not a lot of money in it yet. When you think of women's baseball you think of Rosie and Madonna running the bases in mini skirts and Tom Hanks saying there's no crying in baseball. But give the league time, I guess.

www.forgotten-ny.com

It's weird, though. I mean, softball is a fairly big sport for women-- was it originally because the ball was bigger and you got to throw underhand (not to underestimate the strength of a woman's arm, but whatever)?

Women's sports leagues never get the attention men's leagues do, or the money. Even the WNBA has to fight for every ticket. I wish I could support all women's sports, but all sports bore me silly.
Where DO you find these amazing bits of graffiti?

I'd wager your take on why softball exists is right--a sort of sexist take on women's athletic ability.

But a couple of years ago, they had the women's olympic softball pitcher pitch to a bunch of Major League Baseball players and they couldn't touch her.

I watched some of the college softball world series. Nasty pitching.

Men play softball, too, though. Hmm. It's interesting how some sports are shared and some or not.

The graffiti is on a workfence at 110th and Broadway, right at the subway station.

True, but most men's softball is a "sport" in the same way that bowling is a sport. Anything that involves beer as a major component can be fun, but is it really a sport?