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Bat, Baseball, Sally Ride
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This child-sized baseball bat belonged to Dr. Sally K. Ride. Her maternal grandfather, Anders Anderson, made it to teach her how to swing and hit the ball when she was about seven years old. From a young age, Ride was athletic and passionate about sports. Her sister, Karen "Bear" Ride, believed that Ride's habit of memorizing and analyzing batting averages and pitching statistics bolstered her early interest in mathematics. Ride soon focused her attention on tennis, and as a college student she was a nationally ranked tennis player.
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Credit lineBat, Baseball, Sally Ride. Anders Anderson. National Air and Space Museum, Gift of Tam O'Shaughnessy. CC0.
