In the News
September 10 2024 • Julia Elbaba / NBC TV Los Angeles
Billie Jean King advocates for women’s baseball inception, her ‘first true love’
September 10 2024 • No Crying in Baseball Podcast
Jean and Jeff join Patti and Pottymouth to talk women’s baseball
September 9 2024 • Bob Nightengale / USA Today
Billie Jean King wants to help carve ‘pathway’ for MLB’s first female player
August 30 2024 • Grassroots Baseball
Sports Icon and Equality Champion Billie Jean King named Executive Producer of See Her Be Her Documentary
Film to premiere on MLB Network during World Series
August 26 2024 • NESN Television
Jean Fruth joins Tom Caron on the Red Sox television network to talk about Grassroots Baseball’s upcoming documentary
August 24 2024 • KNBR Radio
Jean Fruth joins Marty Lurie on Giants pregame to talk about women’s baseball around the globe
August 22 2024 • Women’s Baseball – The Inside Pitch Podcast
Jean Fruth joins retired Team Australia player Amy McCann, a six-time WBSC World Cup participant, for a trip around the bases
August 17 2024 • ESPN, Williamsport PA
Jean Fruth and Team USA Manager Veronica Alvrez join Jessica Medonoza and ESPN during Little League World Series
August 16 2024 • Zoom With Our Feet Photography Podcast
Jean Fruth talks about her career in photography with host T Mac on his “pod about learning photography” podcast
August 2 2024 • MLB Central on MLB Network
MLB.tv to stream Women’s Baseball World Cup Gold Medal Game
July 31 2024 • CBS News, Thunder Bay
She’s taken photos on some of baseball’s biggest stages, now she’s turning her camera on the women’s World Cup
July 28 2024 • WBSC.org
Manager Anthony Pluta confident that slugging Canada will have consistent pitching and defence for WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals
July 20 2024 • Hawaii Tribune Herald
New baseball documentary aims to create more chances for women on the field
July 19 2024 • Sports Business Journal
Women’s Baseball doc to air during World Series
July 19 2024 • MLB Central
Grassroots Baseball announces premiere of See Her Be Her on MLB Network — Jean Fruth & hall of famer Ferguson Jenkins join MLB Central
July 19 2024 • New York Times
New baseball documentary aims to create more chances for women on the field
July 19 2024 • Sports Business Journal
Women’s baseball doc to air during World Series
About the Book
The companion book will be available in October, and will be the third book in the Grassroots Baseball series, following the success of 2019’s Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin and 2022’s Grassroots Baseball: Route 66.
See Her Be Her celebrates the women of baseball, from the glorious past of the players made famous by Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own, to the ongoing exploits of the most talented females in the game today, to the very real possibility that a woman will one day make her major league debut.
Photographer Jean Fruth traveled the globe, shooting on three continents and assembling the over 250 strikingly beautiful photos that illustrate this book. Also shining a light on both the constant struggle for equality and the joyful passion of baseball are profiles of pioneers like Lois Youngen, players like Kelsie Whitmore and Ayami Sato, and such women of influence as Justine Siegal and Veronica Alvarez.
Lending their perspective are Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King (Foreword), Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken (Introduction), baseball writer Claire Smith (Preface), the first female to be awarded the Hall’s Career Excellence Award, and Maybelle Blair (Afterword), a one-time pitcher in the All-America Girls Professional Baseball League.
About Grassroots Baseball: Grassroots Baseball’s non-profit mission is to promote and celebrate the amateur game around the globe. The overarching goal of Grassroots Baseball is to give back to historically underserved communities through the power of sports.
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