In 1973, Carolyn King just wanted to play ball; instead, she went to bat for girls across U.S. [View All]

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http://www.freep.com/article/20100725/NEWS05/7250456/1318/37-years-later-a-girls-quest-to-play-Little-League-ball-is-relived-on-film

Carolyn King stands in centerfield at Candy Cane Park, a Little League field tucked in the quiet neighborhood where she grew up in Ypsilanti. She forces a smile for the camera. She still has blond hair and a photogenic smile, but she is nervous and guarded. None of this ever came naturally to her.

In 1973, King became an accidental social activist, a 12-year-old girl thrust into the women’s liberation movement, even though she had never heard of such a thing.


All she did was try out for a Little League baseball team.


She made the team, even though that was against the rules, even though Little League officials at national headquarters demanded that she be kicked off.


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