U.S. Professional Softball Players Are Flocking to Japan to Get Paid
May 16, 2025
The U.S. and Japan are currently No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the women’s softball world ranking, which was last updated in July. But in the business of softball, there may be nowhere more lucrative to play than Japan’s Diamond League.
That’s why former Oklahoma softball star Kelly Maxwell packed her bags and made the nearly 7,000-mile move across the Pacific. She’s now in the spring leg of her first season in the JDL, where the season is eight months long, with the first half being played from August to November and the second half from March to June. Maxwell, who graduated from Oklahoma in 2024, plans to begin veterinary school in the fall—and the money in Japan was a huge factor in her decision. FOS
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