She's Ready to Play Baseball:
a blog of women's baseball. Yes, baseball.
Lairderg
- Location
- Turnersville, New Jersey, United States
- Birthday
- June 26
- Bio
- Yes, that's me, ringing up a little mojo for my Fightin' Phils during the 2008 World Series. I grew up, in 1950s and 60s suburbia, with the heart of a frontierswoman. I grew up a Catholic with the heart of a seeker of the Divine Feminine. I grew up a girl and a woman, when being either "just wasn't good enough," with the heart of a warrior priestess of a warrior goddess. My favorite television shows are (from the mid 90s) Profiler, (from the early 21st Century) Witchblade, and (now) Saving Grace, so you know where my mind still is. I was a journalist before big advertising bullies started owning the media and quit (after a long, loud battle) when I saw what they were doing. I was the oldest, and the most eccentric, of seven children in an Irish American family. I married, divorced, and now have a significant other. I am a "budding" herbalist, a mother of four avians (My poor Keenan died recently.), a guerilla gardener, an adjunct professor of pre-composition college writing, a poet, a fiction writer, a creative non-fiction writer, a feature writer, and now a player and a blogger of women's baseball.
MY RECENT POSTS
- 60 Days to Support This
Women's Baseball Film
April 03, 2011 02:39PM - Japanese women undefeated,
take gold in Phoenix Cup
January 24, 2011 12:15PM - Japan's Far East Bloomers
predictably dominate second
day
January 22, 2011 12:24PM - Asia Insurance Phoenix Cup
Women's Baseball begins
January 21, 2011 03:14PM - Putting a real face on
Gannett's November layoffs
November 09, 2010 08:40AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “OMG! I can hear her
voice saying all this, too,
which is
REALLY scary, but the
la…”
March 30, 2011 01:19PM - “Wow! I have a timid hope
we can still get out of this,
but
thank you for the
warn…”
March 05, 2011 01:18PM - “How many times do we
hear of male athletes
(especially, but
not
exclusively,
foot…”
February 02, 2011 06:16PM - “This "idea" is crap.
Even prolife people who have a
brain in
their
head…”
February 02, 2011 06:00PM - “I'm so glad you wrote
this. I agree, and I intend to
do
whatever in my power
(not…”
January 28, 2011 10:43AM
Lairderg's Links
- 1914 Views
- 23 Comments
Seedlings of baseball equality, and an open call
APRIL 28, 2009 6:33PM EDT
- 1049 Views
- 16 Comments
Now, it's my turn to vent
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 4:48PM EDT
- 764 Views
- 13 Comments
Goodbye to Harry the K
APRIL 13, 2009 4:52PM EDT
- 2437 Views
- 14 Comments
Brooks first pro female baseball player in 21st century
MARCH 6, 2010 1:39PM EST
- 1019 Views
- 6 Comments
A magical week, and I'm free--at last!
NOVEMBER 6, 2008 6:48PM EST
- 737 Views
- 11 Comments
Workers, walk away for a day (or two)
MARCH 23, 2009 6:20PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 861 Views
- 3 Comments
Women playing baseball? Yes!
AUGUST 13, 2008 3:42PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 1006 Views
- 4 Comments
Bad feeling
AUGUST 23, 2008 3:50PM EDT
- 659 Views
- 6 Comments
Back, bleeding a little, but still bitchin’
JULY 20, 2009 12:30PM EDT
- 655 Views
- 8 Comments
Learning to play
AUGUST 13, 2009 7:28PM EDT
- 1128 Views
- 7 Comments
Women’s baseball denied an Olympic spot
AUGUST 18, 2009 12:38PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 922 Views
- 2 Comments
Make all the women’s team uniforms sexier? Shut up!
AUGUST 22, 2008 5:07PM EDT
- 973 Views
- 3 Comments
The Liberty Bell Classic and another summer's end
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 8:53PM EDT
- 1664 Views
- 3 Comments
Top 10 Reasons Why I'll Sign Up to Play Baseball in 2009
JANUARY 27, 2009 8:39PM EST
- 890 Views
- 8 Comments
Cheated
FEBRUARY 20, 2009 3:35PM EST
- 435 Views
- 3 Comments
Workers earned, but have not been paid, plenty
FEBRUARY 6, 2010 10:13AM EST
- 603 Views
- 3 Comments
This week in (women's) baseball
JUNE 1, 2010 4:22PM EDT
- 454 Views
- 2 Comments
Signs and bumper stickers I'd like to see
JULY 28, 2010 2:31PM EDT
- 321 Views
- 4 Comments
USA loses two, becomes fourth seed in World Cup
AUGUST 21, 2010 12:40PM EDT
- 408 Views
- 6 Comments
We the Employers: Fire the Party of NO!
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 3:46PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 500 Views
- 0 Comments
The 52-year-old rookie
AUGUST 14, 2008 1:40PM EDT
- 475 Views
- 2 Comments
Betrayed by a cultural lie
AUGUST 16, 2008 3:26PM EDT
- 971 Views
- 5 Comments
USA lagging behind Japan?
NOVEMBER 17, 2008 12:58PM EST
- 1233 Views
- 4 Comments
Phoenix Cup begins; is it time for women in baseball?
FEBRUARY 14, 2009 3:07PM EST
- 996 Views
- 4 Comments
With Taiwan forfeit, Belles advance to Gold Medal game
FEBRUARY 16, 2009 7:50PM EST
Lairderg's Favorites
Updates
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Ya gotta die of something
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Meetin' and Eatin' in the Garden of Eden
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History Channel Looks at an Infamous Feud
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My Yacht Has a Hole in It~
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Foodie Tuesday: A Cooking Show I'd Love to Watch
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Tolstoy the Wonder-Cat
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Make the KDP Select Program Work for You
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Views of the Eclipse seen from Lake Tahoe and San Francisco
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