allowed little girls like alexa to play. >> it's cool playing with my dad's team. >> reporter: maria pepe tried out for the leader of the young democrats. >> no other coach had the nerve to put a girl out on the field. >> i said well, can she play and they said yes. i said bring her in. >> reporter: with that maria was the first ever female little leaguer, but then the national little league said she couldn't play after just 3 games because she was a girl. >> i just really wanted to play baseball. status or the news following me home. >> reporter: the courts eventually ruled in maria's favor and in favor of all girls playing little league, but by that time, she had aged out and could not take the mound for herself, but she did take her place in history. >> the hurt in my youth has brought me a lot of happiness in my adult life. >>> i'm basically playing baseball because of her. i like it better than softball. i like to play with the boys. >> reporter: and now her home fields will be filled with her image, looking over the game she loves. magdalena doris. >>> better news for the rangers in

maria pepe was the honored league season. and in april of 1972, maria pepe became the first ever female little league player. the national league told her she could not play because she was a girl after that. that spurred a civil rights lawsuit which she eventually won. by then, she was too old to play but she paid a pathway for others. >> i'm basically playing baseball because of her. i just really wanted to play baseball. i did not want the celebrity status. i didn't want the news following the home. >> the batting cages at her former home field, will have if it was not for maria pepe, we may not have seen davis, who took over the little league. such a venture -- such an inspirational story nationwide. >> i played little league back in the day. >> we can talk about that during the break. >>> it is 6:52 a.m. she survived breast cancer but was left with a debilitating disease. coming up after the break, battle with lymphedema. >>> hollywood can be a difficult place to be if you are a young actress trying to make it. >> kathy

now named after maria pepe, more than 40 years ago, she was forced off of her little league team because she was a girl. he gender discrimination case opened the door for all girls to play. pepe credited her dad for supporting her. >> he came to watch my games. he told me to always pay attention and while others were telling me no, he was telling me go. >> wow. more than 5 million girls have been able to take part in little league since pepe won her legal case. pretty awesome. >> that is very cool. >>> we're going to talk a little hockey here now with john. >> playoff hockey. >> yeah. >> it's the best kind. >> you have both the islanders and the rangers. islanders tomorrow, rangers tonight. and boy the rangers got a big boost with henrik lundqvist back in the crease. they could have easily panicked but when hank is healthy, the blue shirts come to life. we'll hear from the king coming up in sports. >> announcer: closed captioning for my feet. there was a handle. and a face. and does it come in a california king? getting roid rage. hemorrhoid. these are the worst, right? m gonna buy them.

the batting cages are named after maria pepe. she was forced off her little league team more than 40 years ago because she was a girl. her case opened the door for all girls to play. pepe credited her dad for supporting her. >> he came to watch my games. he told me to always pay attention. and while others were telling me no, he was telling me go. >> more than 5 million girls have been able to take part in >> nice there. >>> from little league to the big leagues, we've got a tough loss unfortunately for the yanks and also a mets pitcher goes on emergency family leave. >> john chandler has those stories and more. >> game two to the rangers. this was a little more like it. the blue shirts got henrik lundqvist back and got even. returned to the crease after taking a stick to the mask in game one. he had no trouble seeing the puck in pittsburgh saturday. lundquist was sensational, 29 saves. he kecht the kept the pens quiet. look at this off the face-off. knocking on the back door. wide open for the goal. not even 20 seconds later, br

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