In late July 2020, Brenda interviewed Dr. Kat D. Williams, author of the new book, "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star." Williams is a Professor of Women's Sport History at Marshall University, and the president and a founding member of the International Women's Baseball Center.

They talk about the life of Lefty Alvarez, how Alvarez, who grew up in Cuba, came to play in the The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Alvarez's life after the AAGPBL, and the state of women's baseball in the United States today.

Order "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star": https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9781496218827/

Kat's website: https://www.tellagirlshecan.com/, and her Twitter: https://twitter.com/drk1943

Find the International Women’s Baseball Center here: http://www.internationalwomensbaseballcenter.org/

Music during the episode: "Floating Whist" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

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