When I was growing up in the small town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, I had two dreams: to play baseball and to go to college. People told me I could not play baseball because I was a girl, and I did not have any money to go to college. But, in spite of these obstacles, I did play baseball, first as a youngster in sandlot games, and later in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Playing in the AAGPBL greatly effected my future as I explain in the book. I did get to college and got a B.A. from Suffolk University, a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, an MBA from Suffolk University School of Management, and an MTS from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. In my college there were no women sports and I was able to start a women's sports program.

"A League of My Own", published by McFarland & Company Publishers, also includes coverage of the three day ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame when the "Women in Baseball" display was officially opened in 1988. The book tells about the making of the movie "A League of Their Own" which was released in 1992. I discuss the history of the League, why it was started and why it ended. And you can read, and follow along with my six month tour across the United States and Canada playing baseball.

All of us former players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League are included in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. My book, "A League of My Own" is dedicated "To the Memory of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League."

Excerpts from "A League of My Own"

"In 1948, when I graduated from Winthrop High School, there was nowhere for me to continue participating in sports. I could not afford college tuition, and it seemed as if my chances for sports activities had ceased to exist. Probably forever, I thought sadly, as I prepared to find a job."