Toni Stone heard it all as the first woman to play baseball in the male Negro Leagues. She played for the New Orleans Creoles ...

Wilton First Selectman Toni Boucher with her late husband, Henry "Bud" Boucher. Photo courtesy of UConn Today Toni Boucher, ...

Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in the male Negro Leagues, was a member of the New Orleans Creoles in the 1950s.

"Toni Stone" strikes a hit on the stage of The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. The play, by Lydia R.Diamond, runs to Feb. 26 at the acclaimed Goodman. "Toni Stone," which is directed by Ron OJ Parson ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The story of Toni Stone, the first woman to play regularly on a men’s professional baseball team, is taking center stage in the Circle City. Stone broke barriers in 1953 ...

Toni Stone made sports history in 1953 when she signed a seasonal contract with the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro American League. Stone, who bats and throws right, was hired to fill the second ...

“Toni Stone” is more than fit enough to join that team. Lydia R. Diamond’s biographical drama, which had an off-Broadway run in 2019 and has now been embraced by regional theaters around the ...

BOSTON - A new play in Boston hopes to introduce theatergoers to Toni Stone, an important figure in baseball history. "We should know her like we know Babe Ruth, like we know, Satchel Paige ...

An original play inspired by the book Curveball, The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone by Martha Ackmann. This sensational theatrical event knocks it out of the park with a high intensity glimpse ...

To reach for and achieve a dream is a real gift. Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone, born in 1921, toiled and stretched for her dream of playing baseball — a radical ambition in that era — and ...

“It’s about the weight,” says Jennifer Mogbock, as the title character in “Toni Stone.” “The weight and the reach.” That seemingly simple idea provides the frame for playwright and ...

Have you ever heard of a baseball player named Toni Stone? If the answer is no, you’re not alone. But in the 1950s, this pioneer became the first woman to join a professional men’s baseball team.