Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

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Ila Jane Borders made history as the first woman to win a men’s professional baseball game and has been recognized at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, earning induction into the Baseball Reliquary’s Shrine of the Eternals in 2003. The narrative explores her groundbreaking achievements in a male-dominated sport, alongside insights from Jean Hastings Ardell, author of a notable work on women in baseball, and Mike Veeck, a prominent baseball executive. Together, they highlight the challenges and triumphs of women in America's favorite pastime.