Baseball Musings
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November 17, 2008
The Female Wakefield
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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.

Posted by StatsGuru at 07:35 AM | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0)
July 15, 2008
Take Her Out to the Ballgame
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There's going to be a seminar for women to learn about baseball at Shea Stadium on July 26th. Sounds like fun, and you'll learn to score.

A game, that is.

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August 25, 2004
Olympic Gold
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Just wanted to offer a tip of the cap to Cat Osterman, Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch and the rest of the U.S. women's olympic softball team for so convincingly winning the gold medal in Athens. I wonder, though, if their opponents might have finally discovered a weakness - after all, in the gold medal game the U.S. gave up their first and only run!

Jim

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