Mark your calendar: Rockford Peaches and the History of Women's Baseball. DeKalb, Illinois on March 21st. #AAGPBL #RockfordPeaches
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Mark your calendar: Rockford Peaches and the History of Women's Baseball. DeKalb, Illinois on March 21st. #AAGPBL #RockfordPeaches
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Mark your calendars for March 23, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. when the Lansing Historical Soceity (Illinois) will feature Anna Sielaff with her presentation on “Women’s Baseball in Illinois and the Midwest.” #WomeninBaseball #ALOTO #AAGPBL
Image of Senaida Shoo Shoo Wirth, AAGPBL shortstop with text describing her player profile from the 1947 South Bend Blue Sox yearbook.
Continuing the celebration of the Senaida Centennial we present this player profile of Shoo Shoo from the 1947 South Bend Blue Sox yearbook. Special Thanks to @ryangw27.bsky.social for sending this our way. @ibwaa.bsky.social #AAGPBL #WIB #WPBA
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Image of Senaida Shoo Shoo Wirth in South Bend Blue Sox uniform preparing to throw ball.
Wirth Leads Hitters - .386 batting average - News on Shoo Shoo Wirth - June 9, 1946
Celebrating Senaida Shoo Shoo Wirth's Centennial w/stories of her life with the South Bend Blue Sox of the #AAGPBL.
June 9, 1948 Senaida was leading the league with a .386 batting avg.
Please share any memories, notes, film or photos that you have of Senaida. @wibw.bsky.social @ibwaa.bsky.social
“No Crying in Baseball” Author, Erin Carlson, recounts after a bumpy start how director, Penny Marshall & the extraordinary women of the #AAGPBL came together. bit.ly/4pmlaYv
Entertaining stories of "A League of Their Own" w/ Tom Hanks, Gena Davis, Madonna & Lori Petty #AAGPBL #ALOTO #DirtInTheSkirt
Merrie Fidler's book on the AAGPBL - https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-origins-and-history-of-the-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league/?srsltid=AfmBOoqNO1LnDs1CBhl3V_c6BLkeGlmH4GowB3YH2roq8sObqxkhDx2k
Merrie Fidler, began her journey into the AAGPBL during a Christmas vacation in Massachusetts. Fidler traces how a women’s softball idea grew into a historic baseball league with 149 photos, & stories of players, chaperones & organizers of the AAGPBL www.amazon.com/Origins-Hist...
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This post is brought to you by two of my favourite things: personal vintage recipes published in local newspapers and the #AAGPBL!
Published in the Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) on 14 June 1958.
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Why wait for 2 more months to buy or receive that top baseball gift. Over the next few weeks we will spotlight each of these BaseballBiz book choices for that baseball fan you love so much. Happy Holiday reading to all. #MLB #AAGPBL #USAWNT #WPBL #GiftGiving #Christmas #Books #BaseballCards #RedSox
I had a full circle moment this week watching the WPBL draft and visiting Ann Harnett's grave. Before becoming a Sister of Charity, Ann was the first player signed to the AAGPBL in 1943. She played 5 seasons in the league for Kenosha and Peoria. #AAGPBL #WomeninBaseball #DirtintheSkirt
USAWNT Baseball Champion Beth Greenwood in uniform above BaseballBiz On Deck logo
The WPBL Draft begins Thursday.
That in mind I wanted to share stories with you this week on some of the most impactful people in the game.
Let's start with Beth Greenwood in a 2024 interview.
@wpbl.bsky.social @iwbc4me.bsky.social @wibw.bsky.social @ibwaa.bsky.social #WPBL #Draft #AAGPBL #USAWN
Can't wait until Thursday for the inaugural WPBL Draft?
Neither can I.
Until then I can dig through their articles at www.womensprobaseballleague.com/2025/11/07/c...
#WPBL #AAGPBL #WIB #WIBW
Lois Youngen – recounts her time with the South Bend Blue Sox & the Fort Wayne Daisies. & 2 HOF managers, Max Carey & Jimmie Foxx.
Foxx’s players adored him. “He never missed a game, Never drank on the bus and . . . always tipped his hat.” youtube.com/shorts/VEFNR... #AAGPBL #WIB #WomenInBaseball
We’re back to Class in Cookery after a slight detour to investigate the story of #AAGPBL player, Mae Starck! You would think the Laurentian prize-winning recipe would be the Prize Butterless Walnut Cake… but you’d be wrong.
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I first learned about Mae while researching Canadian #AAGPBL players. I was intrigued by the fact the she was from Hamilton (where I live), but was dismayed to find absolutely zero information on her at every turn. #HamOnt #baseball #genealogy
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Okay, so I wrote this article about the only #AAGPBL player to come from Hamilton (Ontario - #hamont) and submitted it to my local paper, but never heard anything back. I think it would be a fun thing to publish right now with the #bluejays in the World Series and, you know I'd really... 1/
So pleased to check out the Dottie Schroeder exhibit in Champaign today. Congrats to everyone who had a hand in putting this together. Really nice work! #AAGPBL #DirtintheSkirt
Recent baseball journeys turned up Mo'ne Davis artifacts in Kentucky, South Bend Blue Sox pitcher Janet Rumsey's marker in Indiana, and a field used by the #AAGPBL 1949 tour in Illinois. All added to the wbht.org this week! #WBHT #SluggerMuseum #WomeninBaseball
I recently visited Rockford, IL, and really enjoyed checking out this ball field. It’s been beautifully restored - all free and an easy day trip from Chicago or Milwaukee. Thanks for watching! #sabr #aagpbl
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Merrie Fidler, visited to discuss the origins of the AAGPBL and the petitioning the Hall of Fame to include the leage www.baseballbizondeck.com/league-of-th...
Merrie also covers how the late Sue Zipay was bringing women's baseball back w/ American Girls Baseball Tournament #WIBW2025 #AAGPBL
Mary "Bonnie" Baker baseball sketch
Mary "Bonnie" Baker ⚾️
#AAGPBL #WomenInBaseballWeek
#ink #sketch #inprogress
Rockford Peaches 🍑
I'll be celebrating #WomeninBaseballWeek by sharing photos of my previous visit to Rockford, IL, Home of the Rockford Peaches. 🍑💪⚾️🧢
Here's one of me with a monument commemorating the teams that played in the #AAGPBL.
Celebrate Women in Baseball Week by visiting these AAGPBL-inspired exhibits across the country. Batting cleanup, the IWBC's Celebrating Women in Baseball: Rockford and Beyond at Rockford Public Library (Rockford, IL) Find this and more at womeninbaseballweek.org #WIBW2025 #AAGPBL #ALOTO #Illinois
Celebrate Women in Baseball Week by visiting these AAGPBL-inspired exhibits across the country, including Champaign County History Museum:'s Dorothy Schroeder: Our All-American Girl (Champaign, IL, USA) Find this and more at womeninbaseballweek.org #WIBW2025 #AAGPBL #ALOTO #Illinois
Women in Baseball Week starts tomorrow! Next up on the Dirt in the Skirt exhibit tour: Her League: Women in Professional Baseball presented by the Pleasant Prairie Historical Society (Pleasant Prairie, WI) Find it at womeninbaseballweek.org #WIBW2025 #AAGPBL #Wisconsin #WomeninBaseballWeek
Next on our Victory 1945 series, North Side High School served as the home ballpark for the 1st Fort Wayne Daisies season. Although the configuration has been changed, this general area is also where the Rockford Peaches won their 1st league title. Find it at wbht.org. #WBHT #AAGPBL #FortWayne
82 years ago today, Wrigley Field turned on the lights for the first AAGPBL All-Star game. #AAGPBL #ALOTO
Lou, thanks for recounting this moment. We are all looking forward to more opportunities for women in the game. @iwbc4me.bsky.social #aagpbl #womeninbaseball