![]() ![]() Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Emily Arnold McCully doesn’t disappoint with either the story or the illustrations.Ĭons: Too bad Lizzie didn’t blaze a trail into MLB for other women. Queen of the diamond : the Lizzie Murphy story / Emily Arnold McCully. Pros: An interesting and little-known story about a woman athlete who refused to give up her dream despite enormous obstacles. ![]() She finally retired from baseball in 1935, at the age of 40. She even got a single off of legendary pitcher Satchel Paige while playing on a Negro League team. She continued to play into adulthood, making a living on the Warren, Rhode Island semipro team, and was the first person of either gender to play on both the National and American Leagues’ all-star teams. After a star turn at first base and four hits, she was a member of the team. Lizzie had her ball, but refused to lend it unless they’d let her play. Sibling rivalry Elissa Gershowitz, Mar 06, 2015. At one game, both teams realized no one had brought a ball. Emily Arnold McCullys Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story introduces a young woman who, at the. ![]() ![]() She became batgirl for her brother’s team and carried her father’s old ball and glove everywhere. But Lizzie’s brothers played, her father had played, and she wanted to play, too. Summary: When Lizzie Murphy was growing up in turn-of-the-century Rhode Island, girls didn’t play baseball. ![]()
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