Baseball mavens, did you know this?

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Jackie Mitchell, a female pitcher signed to a minor league team, struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession in 1931.

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Whaaa?

K.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Evidently true... though the Smithsonian article cites rumors that Ruth and Gehrig deliberately struck out for the publicity.