| Q: | Was the AAGPBL the very first professional sport available to women? |
| A: | I do not know what the very first professional sport was for women, but I do know that the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was the first women's professional baseball league. |
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| Q: | Do you think the movie, "A League of Their Own" accurately depicted the League? |
| A: | Yes, I do believe that it portrayed the League very well, except for a couple of scenes which I tell about in my new book, "A League of My Own" published by McFarland Publishing. We personally met with the Director, Penny Marshall, over the three day celebration of our induction ceremony at the "Women in Baseball" display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Penny Marshall taped interviews with us and asked many questions about the League. When she began filming, she invited the former players to participate, and she had some former players as consultants on the movie. |
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| Q: | When did you play in the baseball league, and what position did you play? |
| A: | I played in the League in 1950 and 1951. I was a pitcher. |
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| Q: | How do you think the women players compared to the men players? |
| A: | I do not think women's sports should be about men and women competing. I believe that the issue of women's sports is that women should be allowed to have teams and play all sports, especially those which were previously denied to them, like baseball, ice hockey, etc. If there are no girls teams available in a certain area, then a girl should be allowed to play on the boys team if she is good enough. There are professional women ice hockey goalies who have tried out for men's teams, and there are a few girls who play on the boys high school baseball teams. |
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| Q: | How many teams were in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League? |
| A: | There were originally four teams, but gradually the League grew to twelve teams. |
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