HER TEAM, a baseball novel by Jane Newcomer

The Boston Red Sox hold the record for the longest sellout streak in Major League Baseball and now it's in jeopardy—the Sox are slumping, playing lousy ball and nothing kills ticket sales faster than a losing streak. The team owner is desperate to keep his streak alive and knows he must act quickly to revive fan interest. So under the guise of a charitable fundraiser, he decides to try something completely over-the-top and auctions off a chance to manage the Sox.

Auction winner Ginger McCall is a hardheaded business entrepreneur and baseball junkie. How difficult can it be to manage a couple of baseball games, she asks? Well, Manager McCall is about to find out…
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Question: Do you think a woman will ever manage a Major
League Baseball team and, if so, when?

Answer: "Anything is possible, but I don't think we'll see a
woman manage in the big leagues in this century." 

--Dan Shaughnessy, Sports columnist, Boston Globe 
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