TY  - BOOK
AU  - Borders,Ila Jane
AU  - Ardell,Jean Hastings
TI  - Making my pitch: a woman's baseball odyssey 
SN  - 9781496200204
AV  - GV865.B675 
U1  - 796.357092B 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Borders, Ila Jane,
KW  - Women baseball players
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Pitchers (Baseball)
KW  - GAMES
KW  - Gambling
KW  - Sports
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION
KW  - Business Aspects
KW  - Essays
KW  - History
KW  - Reference
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Special Interest
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Beginnings: Little League -- 2. Lipstick adolescence -- 3. College : pitching through adversity -- 4. Mike Veeck and the St. Paul Saints -- 5. Duluth-Superior Dukes : being "Babe" -- 6. The Dukes : nailing a win -- 7. Another team, another town -- 8. Out of the game -- 9. Loss -- Epilogue
N2  - "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 done since the Negro Leagues era: play men's professional baseball. Borders played four professional seasons and in 1998 became the first woman in the modern era to win a professional ball game. Borders had to find ways to fit in with her teammates, reassure their wives and girlfriends, work with the media, and fend off groupies. But these weren't the toughest challenges. She had a troubled family life, a difficult adolescence as she struggled with her sexual orientation, and an emotionally fraught college experience as a closeted gay athlete at a Christian university. Making My Pitch shows what it's like to be the only woman on the team bus, in the clubhouse, and on the field. Raw, open, and funny at times, her story encompasses the loneliness of a groundbreaking pioneer who experienced grave personal loss. Borders ultimately relates how she achieved self-acceptance and created a life as a firefighter and paramedic and as a coach and goodwill ambassador for the game of baseball"--Provided by publisher
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