The South Bend Blue Sox: A History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team and Its Players, 1943-1954

by Robert M. Gorman and Jim Sargent

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786446471
• ISBN13: 9780786446476
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher