The HOVG Podcast: Sister Toni Ann Palermo

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Sister Toni Ann Palermo.

The shortstop-turned-sister talks to the boys about traveling the country playing professional softball at age 11, how she ended up playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, borrowing Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto’s “magic glove” and why she didn’t know about “A League of Their Own” until more than a decade after its release.

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SHOW NOTES:

Parichy’s Bloomer Girls bloomed, then faded

Sister, doctor, baseball star

‘A League of Their Own’ director Penny Marshall honored in Rockford

Home of Rockford Peaches Also to Become Home to Women’s Baseball

WHERE TO/HOW TO:

• Sister Toni’s AAGPBL Profile

SPONSOR:

This week’s podcast was brought to you by Engine House 25 Wines and Teambrown Apparel.