Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dorothy "Dottie" Kamenshek was only nine years old when her father died of pneumonia. An only child, she was encouraged by her mother to stay active during the day while her mother worked. Dottie filled her time playing baseball with the other neighborhood boys and girls. She enjoyed the game and became very good at it. She dreamed of becoming a nurse for the US Army, but World War II was raging, and Dottie's mother wouldn't let her enlist while the United States was at war. The war affected every area of people's lives, including how they spent their leisure time....