Thatagirl!

Thatagirl is about a girl named Hazel who used to play baseball with her dad. Once the Great Depression started, he lost his job and didn’t practice with Hazel anymore. He eventually left town to look for a job, and never came back. Timmy, the boy next door, was playing baseball with his friends, and Hazel, longing to play baseball again, asked Timmy if she could be the outfielder. Timmy and his friends said no because she was a girl. Angry and annoyed, Hazel stomped away. Though, on April 2nd, she walked to a baseball game, excited to see the new girl pitcher on The Lookouts, when she heard Timmy’s voice. Timmy said that the girl pitcher, Jackie Mitchell, would make a fool of herself. Hazel disagreed, so they made a deal that if Jackie was as good as Hazel said she was, Hazel could play baseball with the boys. Jackie struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and Hazel won the bet. The next day, Hazel finally got to play ball once again.

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