Schoolgirl knuckleballer headed to Japan pro league
A 16-year-old schoolgirl with a mean knuckleball has been selected as the first woman ever to play alongside the men in Japanese professional baseball.
Eri Yoshida was drafted for a new independent league that will launch in April, drawing attention for a side-armed knuckler that her future manager Yoshihiro Nakata said was a marvel.
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Wow, cool.
How do you even throw a sidearm knuckler?
by Evan on Nov 17, 2008 7:32 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Can she play 3rd?
Right up wil’s alley ;-)
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by SoFa King Mike on Nov 17, 2008 7:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn’t mind trying to hit off that
by wilriv21 on Nov 17, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Make sure there’s grass on the field, first.
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by SoFa King Mike on Nov 17, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THAT MEANS YOU’RE A GIRL!
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Moar info
Ms. Yoshida is playing for the Kobe team in the new Kansai Independent Baseball League. Per a Mainichi news source she throws 80 km/hr. That’s a tick below 50 MPH for those of us who don’t embrace the metric system.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 17, 2008 7:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Cool I must say.
It’s hard to imagine, even in today’s world, that the MLB will in the near future adopt women into baseball. Of course, then we have another “asterick because all the players aren’t allowed to play” era as well.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 8:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Until a player comes up with enought talent to see, we won’t know. I keep pushing my 2 year old to throw left handed, though. I figure if Steve Klein "earnd " a few mil last year, she might have a future…
by tyrannoman on Nov 17, 2008 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s pretty cool. I’d like to see a video of her pitching.
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by xanthan on Nov 17, 2008 11:30 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Young girls rule!
I was expecting the busty Asian woman in the baseball
jersey to appear in this thread by now. (There’s more than
one way to rule.)
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by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 11:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I never check FanShots
That said, this sounds cool as long as it’s not just a publicity stunt.
Hey, she’s 16, she’s bound to add velocity to that 50 MPH pitch.
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by BruteSentiment on Nov 17, 2008 2:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
What's a....
FanShot?
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
Females tend to mature physically earlier than boys, though.
At least, that’s what I remember from my pre-GWBII Health class (and the bunch of girls who were about as tall as I was in 5th-9th grades before I pulled away down the stretch).
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by Bhaakon on Nov 17, 2008 4:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I am to be judged as the metric, then that is absolutely incorrect.
I haven’t grown an inch since I was 13.
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by howtheyscored on Nov 17, 2008 7:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what she said.
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by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember thinking the same thing when Michelle Wie first hit the scene
That, and that there were probably about 1,000 boys her age with better PGA prospects.
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by Bhaakon on Nov 17, 2008 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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