Baseball’s earliest female trailblazer brings the heat to young talent
1,276 views · Published 29 January 2018 · 1:31 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: USA TODAY · 2018 · News & Politics
91-year-old Maybelle, a member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League popularized in the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own," has a throwing session with another one of baseball's female trailblazers. Ila Borders threw a fastball that topped out at 83 mph in her earlier career as one of baseball's groundbreaking women. But the 42-year-old wasn’t bringing near enough heat for Maybelle Blair, an even earlier trailblazer as a member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, made famous in the 1992 movie, “A League of Their Own.” “Throw it hard enough so it sticks,” Blair, who turns 91 on Jan. 16, said from a bullpen pitching mound this week at Boston Red Sox Women’s Fantasy Camp before imploring Borders more with each cautious toss. Check out more Humankind stories: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1IrNzUN Like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/fbhkvids Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2sJl2XP Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1YqcbBt **************** Humankind: Amazing moments that give us hope ➤ http://bit.ly/2MrPxvd Humankind: Stories worth sharing ➤ http://bit.ly/2FWYXNP #humankind
