‘League Of Their Own’ Star, 84, RIP

Mon., May 24, 2010

This image provided by the National Baseball Hall of Fame shows Rockford Peaches' Dorothy Kamenshek. Kamenshek, a former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the lead character in the movie "A League of their Own," died last Monday, May 17, 2010, at her home in Palm Desert, Calif.. She was 84. (National Baseball Hall Of Fame, )

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

This image provided by the National Baseball Hall of Fame shows Rockford Peaches’ Dorothy Kamenshek. Kamenshek, a former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the lead character in the movie “A League of their Own,” died last Monday, May 17, at her home in Palm Desert, Calif.. She was 84. (AP Photo/National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown)

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