On March 28, 2025, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games announced that softball would be held over 1,000 miles away in Oklahoma City, Okla.
With the sport consistently left out of the Games, and now returning for the first time since Tokyo 2020, this decision left former and current softball players, fans, and coaches distraught.
As 2028 is nearing, it’s still a touchy subject, even for two-time Olympic medalist and L.A. native Natasha Watley, one of the most decorated players in U.S. softball history…