 This event hosted a large contingency of the AAGPBL players in a rededication of Simmons Field to women's baseball.The event provided the best female baseball players in the country the opportunity to tryout for positions on the US team competing in the 2008 World Cup Games in Japan.The event was capped off with a five team international women's baseball tournament featuring the Aussie Hearts, Chicago Pioneers, Nashua Pride, New England Red Sox and Washington Stars.