{"title":"Maria Pepe","description":"Maria Pepe was one of the first girls to play Little League baseball after the organization officially banned girls in 1951. She played for three games before she was forced to quit the team. Playing sports and supporting girls and women in sports has been her adult life's work. She still lives in Hoboken, NJ, the city of her youth and in 2016 Hoboken dedicated the batting cages at the Little League field in her name. This is the first time she is publicly sharing her story in book form.","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/maria-pepe.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}