EPISODE · Sep 26, 2017 · 6 MIN
She’s Not There (Ep. 054)
from Out Of My Mind · host Jay Douglas
Why didn't the first woman radio baseball announcer live on in the annals history? Jay Douglas tells the story, and the breakfast cereal behind her non-career. The post She’s Not There (Ep. 054) first appeared on The Theater of Your Mind.
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In the late 1930s, Helen Dettweiler became the first woman to professionally announce baseball games on the radio. Let's say it together. Helen who? You might think that such an achievement would live on in the annals of baseball and broadcasting history. But, it didn't. In Episode 54, Out Of My Mind podcast host Jay Douglas tells Dettweiler's story, and he names the breakfast cereal that was behind her career...such as it was.
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