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When Katie Russell Newland threw out the first pitch at Chicago’s Wrigley Field in September 2015, it closed a remarkable odyssey of visiting all 30 Major League Baseball parks in one summer. Now, with a little help from a guy named Peyton Manning, Newland recounts her adventure in a monumentally charming new book.
Newland and her mother, Anne Russell, shared a massive love for baseball. As New Orleanians, they had no local MLB team, so they adopted Chicago’s Cubs, who were on TV daily on the WGN cable feed. Once they traveled to Chicago for a game, and Anne blurted out that they should make a point to visit every MLB park at some point. Alas, they never did: Anne died of cancer at age 68 in 2009. Three years later, Katie too was diagnosed with cancer but she beat it.
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