Lew talks with two of the grand ladies of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, Maybelle Blair and Shirley Berkovich.  The AAGPBL was founded in 1943, by Cubs owner, Phillip Wrigley.  There weren't any professional baseball games during World War II.  All of the available men, including professional baseball players, were called to serve their country.  So, Wrigley filled the void with the best women baseball players that scouts could find!  Scouts found Maybelle in the then, far away town of Inglewood, California.  She quickly became a fan favorite, and never backed away from a challenge, or a good time!  Currently, Maybelle is raising funds for the International Woman's Baseball Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois.  Her goal was to raise $9,400 for her 94th birthday.  She has raised about $15,000!  Help Maybelle's dream come true by donating to 

http://www.internationalwomensbaseballcenter.org

Shirley came to the AAGPBL from a dairy town in Pennsylvania, in the latter years of the league, which folded in 1953.