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Originally Posted by h2oya311

FWIW, the Dell book with Kurys on the back has Musial on the front cover. Kurys stole a whopping 201 bases in 1946!!

If you don’t have this book any more, let me know and I’ll send my copy to you for free. Nice post.

Thank you for the offer, Derek. I still have it. Most of my stuff is in storage, so I got the back covers mixed up. Audrey Wagner was on the back of the 1949 book. I should have known that.

Yeah, Sophie stole like 1,100 bases in her career. She was a regular speed demon.

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Very nice post. I'm not even that much of a baseball fan and I keep coming back. You guys must be doing something right....or wrong depending on your perspective.

I found myself enjoying the Walter Johnson thread as well, which is odd since I've never owned or even thought to buy any of his cards or memorabilia. The history of the game intrigues and I love hearing about it.

That pic of Sophie reminds me of Madonna in A League of Their Own. Great picture...the one of Sophie. Thought the movie was just so so.

Enjoyed reading your post. Thanks.

Thank you.

A League of Their Own was based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Being from Southeast Wisconsin, and studying the history of the game, I learned about them at a young age. Three of the teams were from very close to where I was born: the Racine Belles, the Kenosha Comets, and the Milwaukee Chicks.