In another world on an alternate timeline, tennis great Billie Jean King might have been a professional baseball player. Elly Ripken could have been a star ball player in the legendary Ripken baseball family, like her Hall of Fame brother, Cal Jr.
Jackie Mitchell could have broken Major League Baseball’s glass ceiling in 1931 when she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) could have existed beyond 1954 alongside MLB with the Colorado Silver Bullets and others joining as expansion teams.
Instead, there were arbitrary and artificial barriers, invisible signs on baseball diamonds that read: no women allowed.
→ Continue reading at SB Nation
