Her Curves Were Too Much For Them

A novella by Andy Broome

 

"Her Curves Were Too Much For Them" is based on the true story of Jackie Mitchell, the teenage girl

that struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931 while pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Jackie Mitchell's signature

 


May 18th, 2008: Fox Sports "Amazing Sports Stories" episode about Jackie Mitchell .
Andy was featured on this episode.

 


        

Antiques Roadshow host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Philip Weiss  discussing a signed photo of Harmon Killebrew as a 1957 Lookout.

 

2009 season of the PBS show "Antiques Roadshow" will feature an episode in Chattanooga. Andy Broome was on hand to lend items from his collection to be used during the segment and provide his expertise. The segment was filmed in AT&T park in downtown Chattanooga, current home of the Chattanooga Lookouts.

This segment will air during the April 6th, 2009 Chattanooga episode. Check your local listings!

 

 

Author Andy Broome is a life long baseball card collector and Chattanooga Lookouts fan.

Andy is the Senior Vintage Card Expert and Grader with Beckett Grading Services in Dallas, TX.

His articles and cartoons can be found in the monthly Beckett Media publications (www.Beckett.com)

The photo above shows Andy holding the "most expensive baseball card in the World," a copy of the rare 1909 T206 Honus Wagner. This copy sold in May 2008 for a record-setting $317,000.00

 

 

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