In 2008, Playing for First was born on my computer screen. After undergoing an extensive edit (one I thought would never end lol), Blue Feather Books published the book on June 8, 2009. I had a dream (and still do) of a woman breaking the gender barrier to play in Major League Baseball. So, I created Amy Perry. Along with Amy, I created Lisa Collins, a sportswriter from Indianapolis, who would follow Amy's career from its start in the Arizona Fall Instructional League all the