Jul 31
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Before we begin, I must get this out of the way (clears throat): 🎶Batter up... 🎶
May 12
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Sometimes, there is crying in baseball. Mary Pratt, an original member of the All American Girls Professional…
Nov 8
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Christmas is almost here, the Little Mermaid was live-ish, and elsewhere, out in the ether of Hollywood, our brother…
Dec 21 2018
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Bobby Finger
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I didn’t make a habit of idolizing people when I was growing up and, as was the case with so many elements of my…
Jul 13 2016
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Baseball history has been so thoroughly explored that it seems impossible there could be room for another book.…
May 10 2016
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Oct 7 2012
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Contrary to what Jimmy Dugan says, an abbreviated little league career taught me that there most definitely is a…
Oct 15 2010
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- Madonna thought the legendary photographer was angry at her, maybe "because I'm still nice to Herb Ritts??" She was…
Aug 16 2010
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"I cannot suffer any more than I have in the past month...I'm dirty all day, and I hardly ever wear make up,"…
Feb 16 2010
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On the heels of Michelle Obama's announcement of her anti-obesity program, it turns out sports may improve girls'…
Aug 25 2009
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Writes Judy Berman in Salon, "Although women's bodies can do incredible, unique things of their own (childbirth,…
May 21 2009
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A new series of Dodgers baseball broadcasts, which began with the team's game against the NY Mets last night, are…
Aug 18 2008
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Dottie Collins, a star pitcher in women's professional baseball in the 1940s, died Tuesday in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was 84. In the summer of 1948, she pitched until she was four months pregnant. Ms. Collins won more than 20 games in each of her first four seasons and threw 17 shutouts. Memorabilia from her…
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Oct 22 2007
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Cool dad, cool Halloween costume: "In an age when young girls are taught to use their bodies for showing off or are offered costumes designed to illustrate what they look like instead of what they can do, my daughter was going to learn about using a body for fielding, for hitting, for throwing out a runner at home…
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