November 17, 2008
The Female Wakefield
A new Japanese independent team drafted a woman. Eri Yoshida is just 16 years old:
"I always dreamed of becoming a professional," Yoshida, who is 5-feet tall and weighs 114 pounds, told a news conference Monday. "I have only just been picked by the team and haven't achieved anything yet."
Yoshida throws a side-arm knuckleball and says she wants to follow in the footsteps of Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, who has built a successful major league career throwing a knuckleball.
I've thought for a while that a knuckleball might be the way for a woman to play against men, or as a really slick fielding second baseman. I hope she pitches well.
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The knuckleballer/middle infielder was always my theory on who the first women pro would be; that, or a LOOGY.
Hopefully she'll have a better career than Lela did in blernball (sp?).
A sidearm knuckleball. Thats awesome. Has anyone in the majors ever thrown such a pitch?
Finally! A potential MLBer who Dustin Pedroia might just tower over!
I think publicity stunt is the only position that a woman could make the majors.
