Facing men in Maui was highlight for women baseball pioneers


              FILE - Massachusetts assistant baseball coach Julie Croteau watches the team during practice in Amherst, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1995. At left is coach Mike Stone. Julie Croteau sometimes felt alone along her historic path as a female baseball player. That changed the day she set foot on the set of the Penny Marshall-directed movie "A League of Their Own." The film checked in at No. 10 on The Associated Press best sports movies Top 25. (AP Photo/David Bruneau, File)
            
              FILE - Colorado Silver Bullets pitcher Lee Ann Ketcham opens for her team against the men's Senior Baseball League Team in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Sept. 3, 1994. The Silver Bullets, a professional women's baseball team, lost their season closer 9-6. (AP Photo/Andrew Innerarity, File)
Facing men in Maui was highlight for women baseball pioneers