AAGPBL - Lois Youngen & Sue Zipay - bringing back the "League of Their Own"

Sue (Parsons) Zipay of Rockford Peaches & Lois Youngens – Fort Wayne Daisies & South Bend Blue Sox share their stories from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

The “League of their Own based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League25% Hollywood HyperboleRisqué "League of Their Own"Jimmy Foxx, managed the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1952, never missed a game, never drank on the bus, always tipped his hat, a true gentleman No Crying in BaseballRight Field or Catching – Smarter than the Boys110 games a season – sometimes 7 days a week with a couple of double headersAAGPBL pitchers often pitched 9 innings a game and sometimes pitched 2 days back to backSue talks about pitching and 2nd base and how AAGPBL was like a familyFans – Daisy Fan Club – provided a picnic for players once a yearAfter the game the long ride home & then rise early the next morning for practiceYoung, Healthy & Loved the GameLong 1 piece dress uniform made it difficult to catch grounderStrawberries from June to Thanksgiving – sliding in feet firstMadonna slides into first with her Material Girl’s bosom first Fort Wayne Daisies tryouts in Spring Training & $20 checkSenior Prom, Graduation & became a Fort Wayne Daisy all in 1 weekAAGPBL Scouts & TryoutsSerendipity with a visit to a cousin in Fort WayneDating Farmer Boy fans & have a good cookoutDottie Greene former player becomes a scout & chaperoneChaperones found host families for lodging at private homesRivalry continues between Lois & SueShu-Shu Senaida Wirth – Tampa Ybor native with the South Bend Blue SoxCanada, Cuba & Japan have professional women’s baseball teams1948 AAGPBL Spring Training in CubaDodgers – dem bums had to fend for themselves in Cuba4 or 5 Cuban women came on board with the AAGPBLIsabel Alvarez & Mickey Perez pitchers from CubaJimmie Foxx’s daughter was a Bat Girl for the Fort Wayne Lois synergy with Jean Faut the G.O.A.T. had great control most of the timeLois traded to South BendBaseball math – field dimensions & ball measurementsFaut had a good sequence of pitches that gave her the perfect gameThe Weavers - Jean & Jo were 2 of the best batters in the League Life after the League – other sports the players performed - Professional bowlers &  tennis players, Sue now owns & runs Englewood Tennis Club“League of Their Own” Penny Marshall & Sue’s knee injuryCanada is number 1 in Girl’s / Women’s BaseballWhy is it that there has not been a Professional Women’s Baseball LeagueMore than half of the USA Team Championship members will be at the tournament.Women's Baseball can begin with a new league Building a new “League of Their Own” now in Sarasota

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