Overview

Immortalized in the film A League of Their Own, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League debuted in 1943 as a way to fill ballpark seats should Major League Baseball suspend operations during World War II. Any fan expecting to see a watered-down version of the game was in for quite a surprise. The women on the field proved every bit as tough and competitive as their male counterparts, running with abandon, diving for catches, and sliding fearlessly, all while wearing uniforms with short skirts. This work examines the history of the league as seen through the eyes of the players and management and the experiences of the South Bend Blue Sox--one of only two teams to play in all 12 seasons of the league. Although players never saw themselves as revolutionaries, these daring heroines helped pave the way toward greater freedom of choice for the generations of women who followed.

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Author:   Jim Sargent ,  Robert M. Gorman
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780786446476

ISBN 10:   0786446471
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   07 December 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Forewords by Three South Bend Blue Sox (Betsy Jochum, Sue Kidd, Jean Faut)      Preface      Introduction      1. The Blue Sox and the All-American League: 1943      2. South Bend’s Second Winning Season: 1944      3. The Last Wartime Season: 1945      4. Making the Playoffs in the First Postwar Season: 1946      5. Havana Adventure, Sidearm Pitching, and the Playoffs Again: 1947      6. Overhand Pitching and the Ten-Team League: 1948      7. The Blue Sox and the Peaches Win the Pennant: 1949      8. The League Crisis and Fifth Place: 1950      9. South Bend Wins the Shaughnessy Championship: 1951      10. Champions Again—The Beautiful Dozen: 1952      11. The Blue Sox and the League Struggle: 1953      12. The Final Innings: 1954      Appendix: South Bend Roster, 1943–1954      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

Based on extensive primary-source research, this book is the most comprehensive examination of a single team from the AAGPBL. -Leslie Heaphy, Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball

a carefully researched, detailed, and thoroughly documented study --<i>Nine</i>; Based on extensive primary-source research, this book is the most comprehensive examination of a single team from the AAGPBL. --Leslie Heaphy, <i>Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball</i>.

“Based on extensive primary-source research, this book is the most comprehensive examination of a single team from the AAGPBL.”—Leslie Heaphy, Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball

Author Information

Jim Sargent, a longtime professor of American history, retired as dean of the Social Science Division at Virginia Western Community College in 2010. Before that, he taught on the college and university level for more than 30 years. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Robert M. Gorman is a retired university reference librarian with more than 40 years of professional research experience. He received the 2009 Sporting News–SABR Baseball Research Award for the book he and David Weeks wrote, Death at the Ballpark (McFarland, 2009; 2d ed. 2015). He lives in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

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