Kansas City Star · Jul 5, 2018
'This is about a statement': Why aMizzou softball's Regan Nash played baseball
For their final game before Independence Day, the St. Joseph Mustangs welcomed members of the Falcon Skydiving Team to parachute onto their field, and they hired an Abraham Lincoln impersonator to read the Declaration of Independence before first pitch. Though Lincoln claimed to be wearing his summer suit, it was hot enough on Tuesday that during his performance, Honest Abe vomited.
All of which was good entertainment, but the person who garnered the greatest applause from the crowd at Phil Welch Stadium was decidedly not a gimmick or a promotional stunt — even if she was the first woman to play in the MINK summer baseball league for college players.