Women in Baseball

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Across
  1. 1. - This famous actor played the role of Dottie Hinson in *A League of Their Own* (**Last name**)
  2. 5. - She became the first woman to throw a ceremonial first pitch at a World Series game in 2020 (**Last name**)
  3. 8. - The first female coach to make an on-field appearance in an MLB game (**Last name**)
  4. 9. - The first woman to coach in a World Series game (**Last name**)
  5. 11. - First female baseball writer admitted to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (**Last name**)
  6. 12. - The first woman to call a full MLB game as a play-by-play announcer (**Last name**)
  7. 14. - The only female manager in professional baseball history to win a league championship (**Last name**)
  8. 15. - First woman to sign a professional baseball contract in 1952 (**Last name**)
  9. 16. - First woman to sign a contract with an MLB organization as a player (**Last name**)
  10. 17. - The only female player in the National Baseball Hall of Fame (**Last name**)
Down
  1. 2. - She broke barriers as the first female PA announcer for the San Francisco Giants (**Last name**)
  2. 3. - The first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball spring training game (**Last name**)
  3. 4. - The first female MLB game analyst on national television (**Last name**)
  4. 6. - The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team featured in *A League of Their Own* (**Mascot**)
  5. 7. - The real-life inspiration for Geena Davis' character in *A League of Their Own* (**Last name**)
  6. 8. - First woman to become a general manager in Major League Baseball (**Last name**)
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  8. 13. - The league that inspired the movie *A League of Their Own* (**Acronym**)
  9. 14. - The first woman to serve as an assistant general manager in MLB (**Last name**)