Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth during a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl. And she struck out fellow New York Yankees great Lou Gehrig that same game, said Bruce Nash, executive producer of a TV show about Mitchell. Mitchell was intended to be part of a publicity stunt for Tennessee’s Chattanooga Lookouts “but she wanted…
Posted: May 19th, 2008.
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