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.TONI STONE
aka Marcenia Lyle Alberga (real name)
Born: July 17, 1931
Born: July 17, 1931
Died: Nov. 2, 1996
Second Baseman
Second Baseman
1953 - Indianapolis Clowns
1954 - Kansas City Monarchs
1993 - Inducted to Women’s Sports Hall of Fame, Long Island, N.Y.
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Toni Stone's most memorable baseball moment came when she played against the lenendary Satchel Paige in 1953
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" He was so good," she remembered, " That he'd ask batters where they wanted it, just so they'd have a chance.
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He'd ask '"You want it high? You want it low? You want it right in the middle?
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Just say. People still couldn't get a hit against him. So I get up there and he say,
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"Hey, T, how do you like it? And I said, It doesn't matter just don't hurt me".
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When he wound up--he had these big old feet--all you could see was his shoe. I stood there shaking, but I got a hit. Right out over second base. Happiest moment in my life.
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