Elana Regan takes a cut at the ball, with catcher Gina Devilish behind her, during batting practice for the Boston Renegades Beep baseball team at Dave Mazza’s Batting Cages in Woburn, May 31, 2023.

They hail from Sri Lanka, enjoy 30-second rubs in U.S. mud, get top-notch service in Japan because of the pandemic and are called the best in the world by Joe Ryan, an Olympian who played the game ...