Happy Hump Day POU! Today's feature is the one of the few ballplayers ever that got a hit off Satchel Paige. Toni Stone Marceni Lyle Stone (January 21, 1921 – November 2, 1996) was born in West Virginia and spent her childhood in St Paul, Minnesota. Her married name was Marceni Lyle Stone Alberga. Alberga, a man 40 years her senior, like her parents was not … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
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Tuesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Good Morning POU! Today's feature in our Women In The Negro Leagues series should have a movie made of her life! A mini-series even! Effa Manley Business woman. Community leader. Socialite. Baseball executive par excellence. Keeper of the Negro Leagues’ flame. Hall of Famer. Throughout her lifetime Effa Manley wore all these hats and more, but none more proudly than … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Monday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
Good Monday Morning POU! This week will feature amazing women that played in the Negro Leagues as well as women who owned teams and played pivotal roles in the success of the teams. Mamie "Peanut" Johnson There's a scene in the movie, A League of Their Own, about the birth of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during World War II, when the ball … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Women In The Negro Leagues
