布里特·阿普格出生时右手残疾，仅有半个手掌而没有手指[1]。尽管身体限制，她在女子职业棒球联赛选秀中从600多名选手中脱颖而出[1]，被洛杉矶皇后队在第三轮选中[1]。
阿普格将在2025年夏季代表皇后队参赛[1]，球队将于8月1日对阵纽约队进行首场比赛[1]。她通过创新击球和投球技术以及密集训练克服了身体限制[1]，其中她的父亲汤姆通过研究无右手的前大联盟投手吉姆·阿博特的技术来教导她[1]。
阿普格曾在高中因身体原因被棒球队开除，随后转向垒球[1]。在3月参加WPBL训练营时，她在击球时打伤了残肢[1]。医院特种外科医院正在为她定制义肢，配备凝胶衬里和钩形延伸物[1]。
Britt Apgar, who was born without a right hand and has only half a palm with no fingers, has been selected by the Los Angeles Royals in the third round of the Women's Professional Baseball League draft [1]. She will represent the team during the 2025 summer season [1].
Apgar emerged from a pool of more than 600 candidates to earn this opportunity [1]. Her path to professional baseball required overcoming significant physical limitations through innovative adaptations to batting and pitching techniques, developed with intensive training supported by family and friends [1].
Her father, Tom, played a key role in her preparation by studying the techniques of Jim Abbott, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who also pitched without a right hand, to teach his daughter [1]. In high school, Apgar was cut from the baseball team due to her disability but subsequently transitioned to softball [1].
During a training camp for the WPBL in March, Apgar injured her residual limb while batting [1]. She is now being fitted with a custom prosthetic by Hospital for Special Surgery, designed with a gel liner and hook extension [1].
The Los Angeles Royals will begin their season on August 1 with their first game against the New York team [1].