Norene Arnold
Norene Arnold [Witzel] (November 21, 1927 – January 27, 1987) was a right-handed pitcher and utility infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its 1949 season. She was dubbed 'Blondie'.[1]
Born in Oregon, Illinois, Norene Arnold spent a season in the league with the Springfield Sallies travelling team and the Muskegon_Lassies. No statistics were kept by the Sallies in 1949 and she likely played less than 10 games with the Lassies.[2]
Facts
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954. It was a neglected chapter of sports history, at least until 1988, when was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual figure.[3]
After that, filmmaker Penny Marshall premiered her 1992 film A League of Their Own, a fictional history centered in the first season of the AAGPBL. Starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell, this film brought a rejuvenated interest to the extinct league.[4][5]
Sources
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
- ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A biographical dictionary - W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Co., 1997. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-0304-7
- ^ Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
- ^ IMDb.com – A League of Their Own (1992)
- ^ ESPN Page 2 – Reel Life: A League of Their Own - Article by Jeff Merron