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02972aam a2200481 i 4500 001 7BCC1BF4561511EFB84930EA30ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240809010137 008 240705t20242024nyua j b 000 0beng d 020 $a 1635928133 020 $a 9781635928136 035 $a (OCoLC)1446287398 040 $a UQK $b eng $e rda $c UQK $d JAS $d LJW $d SILO 050 4 $a E 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20240801 100 1 $a Swanson, Karen L., $e author. 245 10 $a Swinging into History : $b Toni Stone: big-league baseball's first woman player / $c Karen L. Swanson ; illustrated by Laura Freeman. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, $c 2024 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 x 30 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Nothing could stop Toni "Tomboy" Stone from playing baseball--not even her parents. The only girl on a church team, she persevered as insults were hurled her way from the boy players. She caught the attention of former major leaguer Gabby Street, who gave her a chance at his summer baseball school. With Coach Street's training--and the cleats he gifted her--Toni managed to earn a spot in the minor leagues. Though teams were hesitant to sign a woman, she pitched the idea that fans would pay to see a woman play--and it worked! But Toni's persistence and optimism were not enough to win over the Jim Crow South crowds nor her male teammates. Coaches put her in the starting lineup and then benched her early, every game, no matter her results. But her talent got noticed and she was signed by the Indianapolis Clowns, becoming the first woman to break into the pros. "Toni arrives," shouted newspaper headlines, and she delivered! In her first professional game she ripped a single and drove in two runs, and left the crowd chanting "TONI! TONI! TONI!""-- $c Amazon.com. 600 10 $a Stone, Toni, $d 1921-1996 $v Juvenile literature. 600 11 $a Stone, Toni, $d 1921-1996. 610 20 $a Negro National League $v Juvenile literature. 610 20 $a Negro American League $v Juvenile literature. 610 21 $a Negro National League. 610 21 $a Negro American League. 650 0 $a Women baseball players $z United States $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a African American baseball players $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 1 $a Women baseball players. 650 1 $a African American baseball players. 650 1 $a Baseball players. 650 1 $a Women $v Biography. 650 1 $a African Americans $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Picture books. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Freeman, Laura $c (Illustrator), $e illustrator. 941 $a 2 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20240821010403.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240809024328.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7BCC1BF4561511EFB84930EA30ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search