Maybelle Blair
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| Born: January 16, 1927 Inglewood, California, U.S. | |
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Maybelle Blair (born January 16, 1927) is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) and 150 pounds (68 kg), she batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]
Born in Inglewood, California,[2] Blair was an efficient pitcher when she joined the league with the Peoria Redwings in its 1948 season, even though she appeared in only one game for the team, and then moved the next year to a professional softball league in Chicago to play for the Chicago Cardinals.[2] Later, she played for the Jax Girls softball club of New Orleans.[3]
Afterwards, Blair attended
Following her retirement, Blair became vice president of Center for Extended Learning for Seniors (CELS); an
Blair also became an active collaborator in different projects of the
In 2022, Blair publicly came out as a lesbian while promoting the TV series A League of Their Own, saying that prior to her time in the AAGPBL, “I thought I was the only one in the world… I hid for 75, 85 years and this is actually, basically, the first time I’ve ever come out.”[6]
Sources
- ^ a b c d "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Maybelle Blair". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-2100-8
- ^ "Baseball pioneer Maybelle Blair, 91, still likes a ball with zip on it". January 31, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "League of Women Ballplayers". Baseball Hall of Fame.
- ^ Bergeson, Samantha (June 14, 2022). "Why the Creators of 'A League of Their Own' Wanted to 'Rob the Bank' for Season 1". IndieWire. Retrieved June 14, 2022.