Diamonds were this girl’s best friend
Lisle resident recalls her days with women’s baseball league

March 28, 2008

By Eva McKendrick

Just ask Lois Balchunas, who in 1949 played for the Chicago Colleens, an exhibition team with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Sliding into base is no big deal for your average ballplayer. “I would have preferred to wear pants,” said Balchunas, now 81 and a resident of Snow Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lisle. (More from the Lisle Sun)

The photo above is Meredith Ellen at softball practice. Meredith Grace starts practice in Early April. More pics on that later.