Hall of Famer Wore Skirt (Great Story!)

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Hall of Famer wore skirt
Former Daisies star to throw first pitch
BY SHANNON RUSSELL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

WALTON - Sunlight filters into a window in Pat Scott's back room, casting shadows on framed photos, wooden bats and a brown- and gold-skirted uniform.

"This," Scott says, motioning with an outstretched arm, "is my own sports hall of fame."

Scott, 76, has been inducted into three halls of fame, including the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. She even has a ball field named after her in Walton City Park.

More than memorabilia troves or heaping accolades, the former pitcher carries the best history within herself.

Every time she throws out a ceremonial first pitch - as she will at tonight's 7:05 p.m. Florence Freedom game against the Washington Wild Things - kids mob her afterward, wanting to know what it was like playing for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1951-53.

Some have seen the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own," but Scott says most just wonder what it was like for a woman to play pro baseball.

"It was a dream," Scott said on a Wednesday afternoon. "A dream I was able to fulfill..."

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