Barry PetcheskyBarry Petchesky|published: Tue 2nd July, 16:22 2013

Jackie Mitchell, the 17-year-old girl who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, is part of baseball lore. But was it legit? The story's not so simple. [ Smithsonian]

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