Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third. ~Bud Abbott
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.  ~Greg, age 8
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 January 24, 2010 (The Washington D.C.)- Top female leaders in  the sports industry led a panel to celebrate National Girls and  Women in Sports Day. The keynote speaker was Nancy Lieberman,  Head Coach of the NBA D-League Dallas Affiliate and also the first  woman ever to coach a pro-basketball men's team.

 "Fear is paralyzing," said Lieberman who spoke in front of a crowd of  mostly high school students from the D.C. Metro area. "I don't know  everything, but I know plenty of people who do. Ask for advice". Lieberman is considered a pioneer in women's sports and served as president of the Women's Sports Foundation from 1998-2000. 30 ballparks and a Baby raised funds this summer for the Foundation during their ballpark tour.

Also on the panel: Angela Taylor, General Manager of the Washington Mystics, Dr. Debbie Yow, UMD Athletic Director and Val Ackerman, Founding President of the WNBA who  gave out their share of advice during the open forum held at the University of Maryland's Comcast Center.

Sofia did plenty of networking with the successful panelists and later caught an action-packed women's basketball game between the Lady Terps vs Duke.

On the court: The Maryland Lady Terps took on 6th ranked Duke. The game came down to the wire. The Lady Terps were down by three and with only seconds left on the clock  they took a three pointer but fell short. Duke shot back to put two more points on the scoreboard. Duke was up by four when the Lady Terps made a buzzer-beating three point shot into the basket but it wasn't enough to take the lead. Duke won 55-54.

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November 7, 2009 (Long Island, NY)- We were happy to meet the members of the Women's Sports Foundation at their headquarters in Long Island, NY. Our fundraising efforts including the Miles for Charity Auction and the MLB Watch party we hosted on October 29, benefitted the Foundation's GoGirlGo! Program. Thank you to all the friends and fans who participated in these efforts despite a tough economy. The Women's Sports Foundation supports underserved girls and women in America through sports and physical activity. GoGirlGo! supports parents and girl-serving organizations who want to join the Foundation in the GoGirlGo! initiative to get one million inactive girls to participate in regular physical activity and keep another one million currently active girls ages 8-18 from dropping out of physical activity. For more information visit: www.womenssportsfoundation.org 
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October 30, 2009-(Washington, DC)- We traveled over 15-thousand miles on our 30 Ballparks and a Baby family tour with our baseball baby, Sofia, in tow. We wanted to make every mile traveled count towards making a difference in the lives of others, as much as it has made in a difference in ours. During our travels, we collected baseball memorabilia from MLB teams and supporters to auction off for charity. Now that we are back home, we are proud to announce our partnership with the Women's Sports Foundation's GoGirlGo! Program.                    
The Women’s Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity. We will be hosting several fundraisers which offer opportunities for friends, family and fans to support the Women's Sports Foundation's GoGirlGo! Program.  Click here to find out more...
If you are unable to participate in these events please consider a direct donation to the Women's Sports Foundation in honor of our baby girl Sofia Coquis. DONATE NOW
                         
                        Photo of Sofia by Matias Bilbao

All contributions will receive a tax receipt and thank you note from the Women's Sports Foundation. Visit:  www.womenssportsfoundation.org/GoGirlGo

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October 3, 2009-(Washington, DC) -With the advent of "social media" people everywhere are learning a little more about what is going on in their area of interest from others all over the world. Twitter and Facebook are the latest fads, but how are fans sharing their thoughts, frustration and celebration of their favorite teams' victory or defeat with others? 
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With so much going on how do you connect to other fans and even teams? Our friends at Sport-Fan Connect are researching just that. Sport-Fan Connect is about understanding the new social connection between Sports and their Fans through a simple process: Watch Games, have fun, meet people, ask questins, notice trends, draw conclusions and share results. Mike Olaski and Trevor Turnbull found us in the stands of Oriole Park at Camden Yards on our last stop of our ballpark tour with our daughter Sofia through Twitter's "nearby" feature. The perfect pairing of Sports fans and social media use. The guys were running a Capitals-Fan Connect contest,  and as it turns out we ended up winning the contest based on our use of social media to connect with fans interested in our 30 Ballparks and a Baby tour and our love of the Washington Caps! Trevor and Mike presented us with two tickets to the Washington Capitals season opener. Watch video interview.

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