Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

Borders made history in the 1990s when she became the first woman to pitch and win an entire college men's baseball game, and she set records again when she pitched and won a professional league game for the St. Paul Saints. Though her memorabilia is celebrated in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, she faced adversity, intimidation, and harassment during most of her baseball career. While some of Borders's coaches and teammates were supportive, her internal struggle only increased as she hid her sexual orientation at a Christian high school and college. Even at the professional level, she tried to maintain her image as the "perfect" Christian athlete who focused only on baseball. Thoroughly readable and engaging, this inspiring autobiography deserves a spot on all sports shelves and, with Title IX in the news lately, serves as a timely memoir about gender equity in sports.