The world is at war, but baseball still needs to be played. Join Steve Granado this week as we look at the history of the handful of Latina baseball players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
I have to express my sincerest gratitude to Carol Sheldon and Merrie Fidler. Without their help, this episode would have never been possible. I can’t even begin to say how much help they gave me, they are awesome. Make sure to buy Merrie’s book: The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Information and sound clips for this episode come from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website, Ancestry dot com, the book Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star, R-I-P baseball, U-S Sport history dot com, The Pride of Havana, a history of Cuban Baseball, The Kenosha Evening News, The South Bend Tribune, the Rockford Register, Smithsonian Magazine, the Visionary Project, Kansas University’s centennial discussion of the Negro Leagues, the Center for Negro League Baseball Research, The Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project, Cuban Ball dot com, Baseball Almanac, and Baseball Reference.
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