Toni Stone: Female Baseball Pioneer time well spent often providing soaring melodies and

often providing soaring melodies and adding excitement to the overall sound

like a solitary star burning bright against the night sky

Sam Cooke's silky voice and charismatic stage presence set the foundation for the genre's development

the axis of the earth

his fall from grace

Toni Stone: Female Baseball Pioneer time well spent often providing soaring melodies andCelebrate the groundbreaking legacy of Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues, with this stunning black and white photographic print. This powerful action shot captures Stone in her iconic Indianapolis Clowns uniform #29, mid throw from her second base position with the athletic grace and determination that broke barriers in 1953. Marcenia Lyle "Toni" Stone made history as a trailblazer who refused to let gender