Is this cool or what?
Is that cool or what?
Very cool indeed. Too bad that the breaking the gender barrier in baseball will probably be harder than breaking the colour barrier.
I hear the Cubs are already considering her for a bullpen spot.
Why would you wish a destroyed elbow on a little girl?
I wouldn’t worry. She’s way under 35 years old, so Dusty Baker won’t use her anyway.
Apparently it was not only a perfect game, but she struck out everyone she faced. Didn’t even let anyone get to a full count.
On the other hand, she’s 5’8’’ (the tallest player on her team), so “little” girl might be a bit of a stretch. Still very cool, though.
Thats why he suggested a bullpen role. Baker’s too busy tallying 130+ pitch counts by the starters for her to worry about overuse in the pen.
Huh? Believe me, any woman with the skills to make it in professional baseball would get a contract in the blink of an eye. It’s not sexism that’s keeping women out of the top level of professional sports. There is no comparison.
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I think it’s funny that we’re so easily able to segue to the Cubs from a discussion about little girls playing baseball.
A 5’8" tall **11 **year old girl? :eek: :eek: That’s taller than I, a 21 year old male, am! What the hell are they putting in the water up there? 
I’m sure sexism as well as available skillsets both play a role in this. But I think there’s another factor.
In my opinion, there will never be a woman in Major League Baseball until everyone is ready to see one take a 100 MPH fastball to the head or a screaming liner to the face. Are you ready for that? I’m not.
Well, the Cubs do have Neifi Perez under contract.
Jays call first dibs!
A hijack to the hijack… why is that any different for women? I don’t want to see anyone take a line drive to the head (nasty mental image of Mike Mussina STILL lurks in my head…) It’s a terrible thing to see, man or woman. But why is it worse for women? If a woman has game, let 'em play.
I’m kind of confused about that as well, but I suspect it’s some kind of sweet-but-misguided chivalry idea or something. However, if it gets in the way of any qualified woman being unable to pursue a career in a professional sport, I have no use or tolerance for it.
I’m ready. Why not? They’ll do it with 70+ MPH softballs.
Haj
Sigh.
Why is it so “unexpected” and shocking that a GIRL can throw a baseball and do it well??
I really have no idea what this means.
Because, quite frankly, girls aren’t as good at sports as guys when competing at the same level. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have men’s and women’s seperate events.
Well, for one thing it’s unexpected for ANYONE to throw a perfect game. It’s just the rarest of the rare baseball accomplishments. Secondly, there are not a lot of girls playing at the Little League level. So when one of them accomplishes something that is incredibly difficult to do, that’s news. Also, she didn’t just pitch a perfect game – she struck out EVERY BATTER. That is absolutely amazing.