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The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond (Jeff Silverman - WH) Paperback June 2021 An appointment with destiny awaitedAt a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen year old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell "organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a game