The first woman to play professional men's baseball
| League of her own: Twins baseball clinic to honor St. Paul’s Toni Stone |
When talk turns to the greats of St. Paul baseball, Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor, Joe Mauer and Jack Morris usually come to mind. The four grew up in the capital city and went on to storied major league careers.
A fifth legend, however, is often forgotten. Toni Stone, the Rondo neighborhood kid who shattered racial and gender barriers, once took the roster spot of Hank Aaron and proved over and again she could play the game.
A second baseman in the Negro Leagues in the 1950s, she’s considered the first woman to play professional men's baseball. More than two decades after her death, her efforts are slowly being recognized. This weekend, Major League Baseball and the Minnesota Twins will honor Stone's memory with a baseball clinic and scrimmages for girls at the Toni Stone Invitational.
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| Minnesota abortion providers press ahead, prep for a future beyond Roe |
Minnesota is already seeing an increase in people traveling here from Texas and other states that have passed strict abortion laws anticipating the end of Roe v. Wade.
In February, Whole Woman’s Health reopened a clinic near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to close the distance for patients from out of state. The clinic says that as of early May about 30 percent of new patients were from outside Minnesota.
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