Hear first-hand from one of the trailblazing women behind the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League!⚾️ #womenshistorymonth | Antiques Roadshow l PBS

Let's hear it for the GIRLS! On May 30, 1943 the first pitch was thrown for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. ⚾ Shout out to Sara Jane "Salty" Sands Ferguson who was a right fielder and catcher for the Rockford Peaches in 1953 and 1954. Women played professional baseball in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1943 to 1954. | PBS

Before today’s game, the Mets honored All-American Girls Professional Baseball League legend Maybelle Blair with the Amazin’ Mets Foundation Legacy Award, which “celebrates the people and organizations in the baseball community that are making a difference and driving impactful change, on and off the field.” ❤️️ | MLB

Can you spot the difference between an authentic All-American Girls Professional Baseball League uniform and one from A League of Their Own? Hall of Fame curator Gabrielle Augustine shares the answer on the anniversary of the film's 1992 premiere. | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum