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Virne Beatrice: The Girl Who Stuck Out Babe Ruth

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Virne Beatrice “Jackie” Mitchell Gilbert was the first female professional baseball player to play in a game as a pitcher. She had a contact with the Chattanooga Lookouts on March 28, 1931. During the spring training season, the New York Yankees played the Lookouts in a game. Virne Mitchell was believed to have struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig during the game. Even though Virne only played one year as a member of the Lookouts, she continued to live on playing baseball. Virne Mitchell will always be remembered as “The girl who stuck out Babe Ruth.” For my license plate about the famous woman, I decided to include the letters CL to represent the Major League Baseball team she played for. In addition, I included the year 1931 because
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