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Former Daisy, Katie Horstman Makes Her Pitch
By Chad Gramling | March 7, 2008
The youngest living member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is Katie Horstman, who was elected by her peers to toss the first pitch at the Palm Springs Chill’s playoff game Friday. Horstman played in the league from 1951 through 1954 as a member of the Fort Wayne Daisies, where she played third base, pitcher and catcher.
“I played a little pitcher and catcher, but I loved third base because I could talk to the fans - I just loved the hot corner,” she said recently. “I joined when I was 15, and by 19 I was out of a job.” [source: The Desert Sun]
Horstman was playing softball in St. Henry, Ohio when a Fort Wayne plumber saw her and suggested she could make the Fort Wayne team. As a 15-year-old, the St. Henry coach took for a try-out and she was immediately signed to play.
[tags]Katie Horstman, Fort Wayne Daisies, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League[/tags]
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