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As Prime Goes By

Ballparks come and go based on whether they have passed their prime. Get to know past ballpark gems and the ballplayers, like you, who have stood in and stared out at a pitcher. Write your own page into the history of Our Game.

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A Successful Journey

Our Game was written not only to encourage girls and young women to follow their dreams of playing professional baseball, but also to show how the main character Maria, was able to sow and grow her own seeds of success.

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Put Them In, Coach! 

Our Game is a fictional work about the first woman to play baseball for a professional MLB franchise. Girls playing baseball – crazy idea?  Sure, everyone has heard about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during World War 2 from A League of Their Own.  But today? No way. After all, boys play baseball and girls play softball.  It’s just the way things are. Not anymore!

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