I thought this was interesting...Pretty amazing!
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8808092/Japanese-@@@...?MSNHCHCP>1=39002
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You go, girl! 
I thought they had Ladies Leagues for this stuff
"drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise, a professional team in a new independent Japanese league that starts its first season in April."
I was imagining that TR was thinking this is an abomination; the world is coming to an end. We would have been in agreement. Then I read the above quote from the story and realized this new league found its gimmick to attract customers.
For a moment there, I was ready to get working with my lefty 16 yo daughter. She pitched a few LL games years ago and I thought she could surpass infidel_son, but at the time she didn't have the focus needed to last a whole game.
I was imagining that TR was thinking this is an abomination; the world is coming to an end. We would have been in agreement. Then I read the above quote from the story and realized this new league found its gimmick to attract customers.
For a moment there, I was ready to get working with my lefty 16 yo daughter. She pitched a few LL games years ago and I thought she could surpass infidel_son, but at the time she didn't have the focus needed to last a whole game.
Realize also that the young girl is just 5 foot tall.
Great for her!
Maybe Boston can spend a few hundred million dollars and get her ready to replace Wakefield
If she can throw strikes, miss bats, and get outs, she can have a great career make a lot of money like any player, male or female!
Maybe Boston can spend a few hundred million dollars and get her ready to replace Wakefield
If she can throw strikes, miss bats, and get outs, she can have a great career make a lot of money like any player, male or female!
I can't put myself in the situation of offering a "knowing" opinion, but don't women find these "gimmicks" insulting?
As a guy, I look at these situations as not only embarrassing to the female gender, but also offending to both genders because there was probably many players with better tools that were looked over because they did not fit the gimmick "profile". Isn't this also a form of discrimination? Maybe our society has lowered itself to this cheap "shock value", but, I find it rather hypocritical that so many that believe in equal rights find this acceptable. IMO, You will never have true equality until everyone is looked upon, and treated, as an equal. If you want to be part of the circus, don't expect to be taken seriously.
As a guy, I look at these situations as not only embarrassing to the female gender, but also offending to both genders because there was probably many players with better tools that were looked over because they did not fit the gimmick "profile". Isn't this also a form of discrimination? Maybe our society has lowered itself to this cheap "shock value", but, I find it rather hypocritical that so many that believe in equal rights find this acceptable. IMO, You will never have true equality until everyone is looked upon, and treated, as an equal. If you want to be part of the circus, don't expect to be taken seriously.
quote:Originally posted by rz1:
Maybe our society has lowered itself to this cheap "shock value"...
Next thing you know we'll have TV shows with people eating centipedes and strangers cohabitating on desolate islands...
Is that a pipe organ I hear???
To me it is an insult to everyone. They do produce those kung fu movies though.
quote:Originally posted by CPLZ:
Next thing you know we'll have TV shows with people eating centipedes
As a fisherman I'll bet you know of a few who have "checked out the bait" in their day
and strangers cohabitating on desolate islands...
Don't you also live in IL
quote:Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
To me it is an insult to everyone. They do produce those kung fu movies though.
YIKES!
quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
Realize also that the young girl is just 5 foot tall.
Bet you these guys would have rather had a 6' women pitcher get them out:
"Yoshida threw a hitless inning against male batters during a tryout"