Jeff Silverman is the editor of several books, including At the Old Ballgame: Stories from Baseball's Golden Era and Classic Golf Stories: Twenty-Six Incredible Tales from the Links
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At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell-'organized baseball's first girl pitcher.' On September 9, 1965, ... SEE MORE