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Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball

Hall of fame swimmer and KCRW commentator Diana Nyad speaks to author Jennifer Ring about Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball, along with former softball pitcher and longtime Women's Sports Foundation chief executive Donna Lopiano.

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By Diana Nyad • Jun 2, 2009 • 1 min read

Hall of fame swimmer and KCRW commentator Diana Nyad speaks to author Jennifer Ring about her new book, Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball, along with former softball pitcher and longtime Women's Sports Foundation chief executive Donna Lopiano. They discuss the hidden history of women in baseball, and the upcoming push to get women's baseball into the Olympics.

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    Diana Nyad

    Sports journalist, long distance swimmer and author

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