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Who Else? Joe Valentine

by Brittany Bauer

Joe Valentine is a professional baseball player, a pitcher, and has played on teams including the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, and Milwaukee Brewers. Now he plays for the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz in Mexico. In 1997, he led his high school baseball team to a state championship. Joe's moms, Deb and Doreen, have raised him together since he was born. He says that having two moms is no different from having a mom and a dad.

Author

Editorial assistant Brittany Bauer graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in June 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Writing and reading are her two greatest passions, so you can usually find her with a pen in her hand or her nose in a book. She enjoys almost all fiction, memoirs, and anything about the Tudor dynasty or Renaissance art.