When Alta Weiss throws a corncob at a tomcat chasing herfavorite hen, folks know one thing for sure: she may be a girl, butshe's got some arm. At the age of six Alta can nail any target, andby seventeen she's outpitched every boy in town. Then one day herfather takes Alta to Vermilion, Ohio -- home of the semiprobaseball team called the Independents. "Where do I sign up?" sheasks. But one look at Alta tells the coach all he needs to know:She's a girl, and girls can't play baseball. But faster than youcan say "strike out," Alta proves him wrong: Girls "can" playbaseball