Character: Jackie Mitchell
Chronological/Timeline
Hook: Strike You’re Out! That is the exact words that both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig heard as I pitched them my crazy drop pitch right down the middle.
Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info., relevant relationship info., etc.):
Hi I am Virne Beatrice Mitchell also known as Jackie Mitchell, or “The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth”. I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on August 29, 1913 to Dr. Joseph and Virne Wall Mitchell. When I was born I only weighed 3 and a half pounds, which means I was a fighter from the start of my life. Ever since I learned how to walk I've always been at the baseball diamond. My life consisted of bases, balls and bats from the very start to the very end.…show more content… He suddenly saw my extreme talent in baseball after teaching me his favorite pitch the "Drop Pitch".
Event #2 By the time I was 17 years old I attended a special baseball school in Atlanta, Georgia. During that time Joe Engle saw my talent in baseball and offered me a contract to play for the Chattanooga Lookouts for the entire 1931 season.
Event #3 March 28, 1931, I signed the contract. At that moment I became an official member of the Chattanooga Lookouts, a Class AA minor League baseball team.
Event #4
On April 2,1931 at Engel Stadium, the Chattanooga Lookouts played against the New York Yankees. As I went out onto the field I looked up into the stadium to see 4000 faces all looking down onto the field.
Event #5
On that same day I was not the start off pitcher but I was the second. When Babe Ruth went up to bat my coach waved me over to the mound. I threw 4 pitches the count was 2-2, I threw a pitch right down the middle and Ruth swung and missed.
Event #6
After I struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig was next up to bat. I pitched him 3 pitches right down the middle for the umpire to call “Strike, You’re Out”!
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