Saturday July 17, 2010 at the Days Inn on Easton Road, Horsham,
Pa. 10am-noon
A chat with 'Salty' Sands By Mike Morsch
Sarah Jane “Salty” Sands and some of
the other original players of the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League were a little concerned when Madonna was cast for
the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own.”
“She didn’t have such a good reputation,”
said Sands during a break in signing autographs last Saturday at
an event that featured five of the original women players at the
Days Inn in Horsham.
The event, sponsored by the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society,
which has a museum and gift shop in Horsham (www.philadelphiaathletics.org),
was the second such autograph show the society has had in as many
years featuring the professional women baseball players.
Sands, from Orangeville, PA, played two seasons for the Rockford
Peaches as an outfielder and catcher. She got her nickname as a
child from her father, who said she dressed like another “Salty,”
one of the town’s more eccentric residents.
“A League of Their Own,” which stars Tom Hanks, Geena
Davis, Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell and was directed by Penny
Marshall, reintroduced the nation to a part of baseball history
that had been forgotten during World War II and brought renewed
attention back on the women who played.
Sands did appear in the movie as herself, at the end during the
movie’s credits where some of the original players are scrimmaging
on Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, N.Y.
As for those concerns about Madonna and her reputation: “She
did a wonderful job in the movie,” said Sands.
I just love listening to ballplayers tell their stories.
Click
here to watch the video.
Maddie News (in blue shirt), 12, of Jenkintown, and her friend Caroline
Wagner, 12, also of Jenkintown watch as former All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League players Virginia Ventura (left in green
shirt), and Gert Alderfer sign autographs as Maddie’s dad
Bill News (in the white ballcap) looks on. The Philadelphia Athletics
Historical Society, which has a museum at 6 York Road in Hatboro,
honored five original members of the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League — made famous by the 1992 movie “A League
of Their Own” — with an autograph session for the public
July 16 at the Days Inn in Horsham.
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Former All-American Girls Professional Baseball
League player Sarah Jane “Salty” Sands signs an autograph
for 9-year-old Nicole McPhillips of Horsham as dad Dave looks on.
The Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society, which has a museum
at 6 York Road in Hatboro, honored five original members of the
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League — made famous
by the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own” — with
an autograph session for the public July 16 at the Days Inn in Horsham.
Signed
AAGPBL Ball All American Girls Professional Baseball League
Signed
by all guests in attendance at our July 17th reunion. We have only
a very limited supply of this rare baseball. Orders completed on
a first come, first serve basis. Plus FREE SHIPPING!
Click
here to order this ball signed ($65) or unsigned ($40).
Ruth Mack Clark
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