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Peanut Johnson

NPR
Published August 30, 2002 at 10:00 PM MDT

Host Scott Simon talks to Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, the only surviving female player from the Negro Leagues. She pitched alongside baseball greats Satchel Paige and Hank Aaron.

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