Jean related that she started playing baseball in an empty cornfield near her home in St. Paul, Minnesota with all the neighborhood boys.  She graduated from there to playing organized softball in the playground leagues.

She said there were too many exciting things to remember about her time in the league, but the greatest was to be playing with and against the best women baseball players in the world--the competition was the best and that was the most fun.

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Jean was an outstanding rookie with the Daisies. She was a slick fielding shortstop. She was also a talented ice skater.

After her career was over she became a professional bowler and was inducted into the Bowling Hall of Fame.