Penny Marshall, director of the classic film A League of Their Own, passed away on Monday, December 17th. She left behind a great legacy, specifically in the baseball community. Her passing warrants the question: who were the most influential women in baseball history, and for New York Mets fans, who were the most influential women in the team’s history?
A League of Their Own is a comedy that tells the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the first professional women’s league in America, which was founded during World War II.