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As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

I played sports growing up in high school.

I played sports in high school and in college.

In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.

I played outfield in high school a little bit.

Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.

I did plays in grade school.

I'm among the first girls ever to play Little League baseball, and to my knowledge, the very first in western Illinois. It was 1976, and I was a nine-year-old tomboy whose older brothers had played.

My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.