Ila Jane Borders, Jean Hastings Ardell

Broschiertes Buch

Making My Pitch

A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

Beschreibung

Tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a college baseball scholarship, the first to win a complete men's collegiate game, and the first woman in the modern era to win a professional ball game.

Autor

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. Paul Saints and the Charleston RiverDogs.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781496214058
• ISBN-10: 1496214056
• Artikelnr.: 54545006