"Josephine Morhard is a heroine for our times: A devoted single mother who never took no for an answer, she single-handedly started the first boys' baseball league in America. Josephine enriched the lives of countless young boys and shaped American baseball history. Her daughter-in-law, Ruth Morhard, is a deft biographer and has written a narrative that reads like the best old movies: charming, vivid, and inspirational." --Anne Zimmerman, author of AN EXTRAVAGANT HUNGER: THE PASSIONATE YEARS OF M.F.K. FISHER "Mrs. Morhard and the Boys is a spectacular baseball story.

Charmingly written, powerful in its message, and interesting in its subject matter, Ruth Hanford Morhard's book deserves to be counted as a gem in the genre of sports literature." --Bronx Pinstripes "Mrs. Morhard and the league she founded are the subject of a fascinating new book .Ruth Morhard conveys the young woman's struggles and determination in a vivid color." --Laura DeMarco, The Plain Dealer "Fascinating and compelling . There hasn't been a great baseball movie made for quite a few years. Hollywood need look no further than this book for some excellent source material." --NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture "Unforgettable .

with a sharp eye to history and a sensitivity to the thrill the kids must have felt. They had risen from the streets, and the vacant lots, and the wooden grandstands of their little fields, to play their championship in a real big league park for the first time in history. Ruth Morhard makes you see and feel what they felt." --Fishstripes "Beautifully tells the true story of how one mother kept her son out of trouble during the depression years and started the FIRST boy's baseball league." --Delilah, Syndicated Radio Host "It is a treat to read of Mrs. Morhard and the inexhaustible resolve that brought national attention to her league." --Akron Beacon Journal.