Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ila Jane Borders, Jean Hastings Ardell, Mike Veeck (Foreword by)Publish date:2019-04-01Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496214058ISBN-10:1496214056UPC:9781496214058Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, Baseball, LGBTQ+Book Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 9.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC4W80N5P3
Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey
Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a college baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of th...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496214058ISBN-10:1496214056UPC:9781496214058Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, Baseball, LGBTQ+Book Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 9.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC4W80N5P3
Ila Jane Borders is the first woman to win a men's professional baseball game. She has been honored twice at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted in 2003 into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals. Jean Hastings Ardell is the author of Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime. Mike Veeck is a baseball executive and part owner of five teams, including the St....
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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Ila Jane Borders, Jean Hastings Ardell, Mike Veeck (Foreword by)
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