A woman playing baseball with men? She became the league's main attraction. — historian Martha Ackmann (image via Negro Leagues Baseball Museum) She started playing at age 10, hit a run off Satchel Paige and is today remembered as "the best player you've never heard of." She was born Marcenia but went by "Toni," short for "tomboy."
A Woman to Know: Toni Stone
A Woman to Know: Toni Stone
A Woman to Know: Toni Stone
A woman playing baseball with men? She became the league's main attraction. — historian Martha Ackmann (image via Negro Leagues Baseball Museum) She started playing at age 10, hit a run off Satchel Paige and is today remembered as "the best player you've never heard of." She was born Marcenia but went by "Toni," short for "tomboy."