She's on First is back Full of riveting baseball action and captivating characters, this is the story of Linda Sunshine, first female major leaguer, shortstop for the never-in-first-place Chicago Eagles. It's also the story of Big Al Mowerinski, the owner who hired her for ulterior motives; Neal Vanderlin, the reporter who supports her; and the various teammates who want her on - or off - the Eagles. Published to stellar reviews in hardback in 1987 and paperback in 1988, full of warmth, humor, and tough sentiment, She's on First is a great read with great baseball action, as commanding as a...

Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball is a chronological collection of public domain newspaper articles - research information on which Barbara Gregorich's book detailing the history of women in hardball, 1893 to 1993, was based. The reprints and notes are arranged not only chronologically, but also by three topics: Bloomer Baseball Before Maud Nelson; Midwest Bloomer Baseball, Mostly Maud Nelson; Eastern Bloomers, Mostly Margaret Nabel. Within these broad categories are articles on the Blondes and Brunettes; the Western Bloomer Girls; the Cherokee Indian Base Ball...

Ralph Blasingame was a rising executive at the Chicago Truth-Examiner until he fell into the presses late one night and came out as bad news. Now his former lover, Suzanne Quering, is suspected of giving him a helping hand into the spinning wheel of death. She hires private eye Frank Dragovic to prove she didn't do it. Trouble is, on the night of Blasingame's death, Suzanne Quering was working late at the Truth-Examiner. Worse still, a silk scarf was found in the presses with Blasingame's body. She had such a scarf. Trouble is, she can't find it anywhere. In taking on the case, Dragovic...

Jack and Larry is the heartwarming story of a man, a dog, and a baseball team. Leadoff batter for the Cleveland American League team from 1910-22, Jack Graney was loved for many reasons, not least among them the fact that he owned Larry, bull terrier mascot of the woebegone, 102-losses, 48-games-out team that struggled to prove itself worthy. Larry, too, was loved, not only by the Cleveland fans, but by porters, bellhops, ship captains and trolly car conductors in all American League cities and in Canada. Loyal, sensitive, intelligent, Larry was more than a mascot - he was part of the team....

Throughout this collection of accessible new and previously published poems (most in free verse) about nature, family, and the decay of capitalism, there is a unity of vision and a strong sense of justice. Barbara Gregorich writes with humor and playfulness as well, with quirky takes on subjects such as foul balls, driving on twisty roads, and making conversation.

Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball is a chronological collection of public domain newspaper articles and public documents - research information on which Women at Play was based. Research Notes, Volume I documented women ballplayers of the late 19th Century, most of them Bloomer Girls.
Volume II documents six women who played on otherwise all-male teams from roughly 1890 through 1935:
Lizzie Arlington, who signed a minor-league contract in 1898
Alta Weiss, who pitched against men's teams throughout Ohio
Lizzie Murphy, who played semipro ball for...

For those contemplating writing a mystery novel and those who have written one or more but are looking for fresh and invigorating insights into the approach, "Guide to Writing the Mystery Novel" provides an overall view of how to think like a writer in general and a mystery writer in particular. Covered are topics such as: What are the possible patterns of suspicion when the villain is a major character? What changes when the villain is a minor character? How many subplots work best, and in what order can they be introduced? How can a writer throw suspicion on innocent characters while at the...

"Research Notes for Women at Play, Volume 3" is the final volume in Barbara Gregorich's "Research Notes" series - a collection of newspaper articles, interviews, and public records that served as the raw materials from which she wrote her award-winning book, "Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball" (Harcourt 1993). Volume 3 covers the 1920s and 1930s, concluding the story of Maud Nelson, the most important figure in the early history of women in baseball. It also contains the story of the Philadelphia Bobbies, Eddie Ainsmith, and Leona Kearns - and their disastrous trip to Japan to...