Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

by Ila Jane Borders and Jean Hastings Ardell

Book Overview

Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League, she accomplished what no woman had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803285302
• ISBN13: 9780803285309
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"