Ruth Marini on the mound

Ruth Marini becomes the first woman professional baseball player, advancing from the minor league to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Eighteen-year-old Ruth was the star of her high school baseball team and the Los Angeles Dodgers thinks she may be good enough to become professional baseball's first female player.

Ruth Marini, professional baseball's first female player, fights the rumor that a serious midseason injury has ended her short career.