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Best Baseball Books of All Time

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 univnebpress

Based on the recommendations from major outlets like CNN and Forbes, BookAuthority has recently released a list of the 100 Best Baseball Books of All Time, and UNP had a great showing on the list. Take a look at these … Continue reading Best Baseball Books of All Time

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Happy Book Birthday to Making My Pitch!

April 2, 2018March 27, 2018 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Making My Pitch: A … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Making My Pitch!

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Excerpt: Making My Pitch

April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 univnebpress

The following is an excerpt from Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey (Nebraska, 2017) by Ila Jane Borders with Jean Hastings Ardell. Ila Jane Borders is the first woman to win a men’s professional baseball game. She has been honored twice at … Continue reading Excerpt: Making My Pitch

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Reading List: At the Old Ball Game

September 15, 2015September 14, 2015 univnebpress

With this reading list, the long baseball-playing days of summer don’t have to come to an end. A Game of Their Own by Jennifer Ring From baseball’s history of shunning girls from the game to the undeniable success of the … Continue reading Reading List: At the Old Ball Game

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From the desk of Jennifer Ring: Women’s Baseball at the Pan Am Games

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 univnebpress

Jennifer Ring is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the author of Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball and A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball, the story … Continue reading From the desk of Jennifer Ring: Women’s Baseball at the Pan Am Games

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