I ran across this memoir by Ila Borders and realized that I definitely should have heard of this amazing player before now. I love baseball. It's the one sport I can really follow and have followed since I was a kid watching the Braves with my grandma in the 90's. I wish I had learned of Ila's incredible career then because I know she would have inspired me in a lot of ways as both a person who is queer and just in sheer determination to find my success. Ila's story is not just about baseball, though that is a big portion of this memoir so if you aren't into stats or if sports terminology then keep that in mind, but it's also about how a person balances what they believe and who they are or want to be. It's also about growing up. Growing up in a world that is sometimes much more against you than with you and the perseverance to prove them wrong.