'Toni Stone' now playing at Goodman Theatre, tells story of 1st woman to play professional baseball

Toni Stone was in a 'league of her own' as the first woman to play professional baseball on male teams as part of the Negro Leagues.

Toni Stone was in a "league of her own" as the first woman to play professional baseball on male teams as part of the Negro Leagues.ABC7 continues to celebrate Black History Month, with a home run of great reviews for "Toni Stone" at the Goodman Theatre.

Playwright Lydia Diamond says it's her mission to share this story of courage and excellence in the game... and life. "It's obscene that we don't know who she is, it makes no sense, we should know her like we know Babe Ruth," Diamond said. "They need to know how hard she worked, and they need to know how dead set the world was against letting her do this thing, and how committed she was to doing it."

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