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A League of My Own: Memoir of a Pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | 
 enlarge | Author: Patricia I. Brown
Publisher: Macfarland & Co.
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 933681
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 078641474X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35709
EAN: 9780786414741
ASIN: 078641474X
Publication Date: March 12, 2003
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Product Description
Growing up, Pat Brown had two dreams: to play baseball and to attend college. She was told she couldnt play baseball because she was a girl and couldnt attend college because she had no money, but in spite of the obstacles, she achieved both of these dreams, playing for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1950 and 1951 and going on to attend college. She is among the few women professional baseball players to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. "As the only former AAGPBL player to have written about the League," Brown says, "I feel like I have finally pitched my no hit game." This is a memoir of playing baseball on the sandlot, discovering and playing in the AAGPBL, and playing basketball in college. Brown shares her thoughts on the Leagues history, including what Philip K. Wrigley sought to do by creating the AAGPBL, what happened after Wrigley left to give more attention to the Chicago Cubs, and why the League ended. She also considers the future for womens professional baseball. Interviews with such former AAGPBL players as Helen Hannah Campbell, Patricia "Pat" Courtney, Madeline "Maddy" English, Lenora "Smokey" Mandella, Jacqueline "Jackie" Matson, Jane Moffet, Mary "Sis" Moore, and Janet "Pee Wee" Wiley are included.
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 A League of My Own by Pat Brown February 19, 2008
Pat Brown's A League of My Own is a great addition to anybody's baseball library. While there are have been several great books written on the league's history, Brown's has the distinction of being written by an actual former player. For AAGPBL enthusiasts, A League of My Own offers great insight into the events, attitudes, and experiences of the 1949-1950 player development teams which is mentioned in most accounts, but so far hasn't been detailed this well. Also interesting to read of this woman's personal story and how professional baseball was just one chapter in a long sports career. Great Book!
 Proud Former Bostonian July 28, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My sincere thanks to this author. I was facinated by the movie, A League of Their Own. I welcomed the detail and reality of the era of womens baseball that this author shared. It was warm, humorous and long overdue. She was a remarkable woman, with the courage to follow her dreams.
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