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Synopsis
In 1931, the biggest major league baseball stars were Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. They both played for the New York Yankees. Seventeen-year-old Jackie Mitchell cant believe it when she learns the team is coming to her hometown for an exhibition game. Shes a pitcher on her team, the Lookouts, and shell get the chance to go head-to-head with the Yankee sluggers. Can she strike them out?
Synopsis
During the biggest game of her life . . . a girl pitches to the world's best slugger.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1931. Jackie Mitchell is a girl pitcher on a minor-league baseball team, the Chattanooga Lookouts. In her day, few women played sports. But her skill earned her a spot on a men's team. When the New York Yankees come to town, Jackie must face Babe Ruth at the plate. Can she strike out one of the greatest players in baseball?