Real-life 'A League of Their Own' players celebrate 75th anniversary.

[elleng]

' It wasn't a hard decision to make at the time for 15-year-old Katie Horstman: Stay home to babysit, milk cows and feed the hogs, or become a professional baseball player?

She chose the latter, of course, but the cow milking still came in handy. Horstman, 83, calls what happened next the greatest part of her life.

The former Fort Wayne Daisies star played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the final four years of its existence. The league, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, would later serve as the inspiration for the iconic film A League of Their Own.

The original players will be participating in interviews, events, appearances at the MLB All-Star FanFest, and throwing out first pitches, all leading up to a league reunion in September. Horstman and Betsy "Sockum" Jochum of the South Bend Blue Sox shared their memories in recent interviews with UPI.'

https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2018/06/05/Real-life-A-League-of-Their-Own-players-celebrate-75th-anniversary/7581528128873/?f

[snowybirdie]

1. I remember my favorite

aunt and her "lady friend" taking us to the ladies baseball games in the 50s. Loved the games. Up close and so much fun. Loved that woman and her partner!