No Crying In Baseball

Patti and the Pottymouth welcome back illustrator, designer, writer, and baseball fan Anika Orrock, to talk about her book, “The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.” Anika shares stories of conversations with these Incredible Women, and fitting together her illustrations, comic strips, narrative, and players’ quotes into a cohesive whole, à la Criminal Minds. We dig a little deeper into stories that were new to us such as this was a well-paying job that helped players support their families and go on to college, and that the AAGPBL started out as a softball league, changing a little every season until it was full-on baseball. Stories about recruitment and training in Cuba lead us to exploring the League’s complicated relationship with race. NCiB suggests you consider The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as the perfect gift for the baseball lovers, the artists, and the historians in your life.  Limited personalized, autographed copies are available through Anika’s website, and she recommends purchasing through any of these Black-owned independent bookstores. Learn more about Anika’s artwork in Episode 155, where she talks about her participation in the NLBMArt fundraiser. There’s also a little cross-training with College Football -- congrats Sarah Fuller!

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