Dorothy Kamenshek

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League of Their Own Inspiration Dead at 84

Dorothy 'Dottie' Kamenshek was a star at first base

(Newser) - A baseball legend is gone: Dorothy Kamenshek—the inspiration for the Geena Davis character Dottie in A League of Their Own—is dead at age 84. The Los Angeles Times leads its obit with this quote from Yankees first-baseman Wally Pipp: She "was the fanciest-fielding first baseman I've ever...

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