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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803285302
ISBN-13
9780803285309
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237592033

Product Key Features

Book Title
Making My Pitch : a Woman's Baseball Odyssey
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Lgbt, Sports
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Jean Hastings Ardell, Ila Jane Borders
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
2016-029037
Reviews
"This book is a must-read for understanding what it's like to be a baseball first. Ila's courage to keep going forward against all odds is both inspiring and meaningful."--Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball For All, At last! The moving story of Ila Borders, as told to the gifted author and researcher Jean Ardell, will make readers wonder how much longer the baseball establishment can afford to disregard the skilled women players who should long ago have been recruited for the Minors and the Majors."" - Dorothy Seymour Mills, baseball historian and author of Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel ""As a girl, Ila Borders had a dream. That dream became a desire, and that desire blossomed into a crusade: she would play baseball. Not softball. Baseball. She would throw the hard stuff past brawny male sluggers. Jean Hastings Ardell tells the story of this twilight figure coming out of the shadows to join a not always receptive mainstream. You may laugh. You may shed a tear. But surely you will applaud."" - Arnold Hano, author of A Day in the Bleachers ""Ila Borders pitched her way through the special hell reserved for women who play baseball in America, and has returned with enough inside baseball knowledge to please the most passionate fan. . . . [ Making My Pitch is] a riveting, deeply personal story, and a compelling addition to the fast-growing literature on American women in baseball."" - Jennifer Ring, author of A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball ""This book is a walk through baseball history as Ila brings the reader with her on her journey from Little League to Independent ball and beyond. Ila's story is not a typical baseball story, and everyone needs to read this book."" - Leslie Heaphy, associate professor of history at Kent State University at Stark and coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball ""This book is a must-read for understanding what it's like to be a baseball first. Ila's courage to keep going forward against all odds is both inspiring and meaningful."" - Justine Siegal, Founder of Baseball For All ""The best baseball books are about more than the game. In this evocative memoir, lefthander Ila Borders recounts her struggles in the male world of professional baseball.'"" - George Gmelch, author of Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties ""Ila Borders is a role model. As the father of two daughters, both of whom have played, watched, and read about sports for as long as they have been able to do so, I have long awaited her memoir."" - Steve Gietschier, associate professor of history at Lindenwood University, "An inspiring and important account, told with grace and self-awareness that will appeal to baseball and sports fans along with readers interested in LGBTQ memoirs."--Janet Davis, Library Journal, "The best baseball books are about more than the game. In this evocative memoir, lefthander Ila Borders recounts her struggles in the male world of professional baseball."--George Gmelch, author of Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties, "At last! The moving story of Ila Borders, as told to the gifted author and researcher Jean Ardell, will make readers wonder how much longer the baseball establishment can afford to disregard the skilled women players who should long ago have been recruited for the Minors and the Majors."--Dorothy Seymour Mills, baseball historian and author of Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel  , "At last! The moving story of Ila Borders, as told to the gifted author and researcher Jean Ardell, will make readers wonder how much longer the baseball establishment can afford to disregard the skilled women players who should long ago have been recruited for the Minors and the Majors."--Dorothy Seymour Mills, baseball historian and author of Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
796.357092 B
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Prologue 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 Notes
Synopsis
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. Making My Pitch shows what it's like to be the only woman on the team bus, in the clubhouse, and on the field., 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., 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. Purchase the audio edition.
LC Classification Number
GV865.B675A3 2017

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