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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:25:08 PM EDT
http://www.france24.com/en/20150629-france-melissa-mayeux-baseball-major-league-yankees-teen
Meet Melissa Mayeux, the 16-year-old French baseball player hoping |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:30:12 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:32:00 PM EDT
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How is she at softball?
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:32:33 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. I'd hit it and I'm 27!! (The MLB fastball that is) 
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:32:56 PM EDT
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thread title is misleading.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:33:54 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:34:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: No "I'd hit it" comments unless you're 17 or under 16 is age of consent here. I'd hit it. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:34:54 PM EDT
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Lol. That's nice sweetheart.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:35:19 PM EDT
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Let her play, and let her get crushed.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:35:40 PM EDT
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First female MLB player will be a pinch runner. Plenty of fast women out there. Surprised they haven't put one in just for the ratings.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:36:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. FPNI. No doubt she's very good. But she won't get into the majors without some "help", ie, special treatment. We've done this before. Google "Colorado Silver Bullets". Woman's all-star team, set up in the early '90s to show that women could compete with men. I remember they played a bunch of AAA all-stars in an exhibition game. It wasn't even close, something like 20-3. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:38:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: First female MLB player will be a pinch runner. Plenty of fast women out there. Surprised they haven't put one in just for the ratings. Because the average man sprints faster than the average woman. She'd get picked off faster than you could say "Patriarchal Hegemony" |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:39:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: thread title is misleading. Why? |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:43:26 PM EDT
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Lol
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:44:36 PM EDT
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Lol It's funny when women think they can do stuff. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:45:46 PM EDT
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thread title is misleading. Why? "If that wasn’t enough, she will be fielding the myriad media requests that are likely to trail her following last week’s news that she has become the first-ever female baseball player to be added to MLB's international registration list – making her eligible to be signed by a pro club in the United States as early as July 2." she's not an MLB player. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:46:42 PM EDT
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First female MLB player will be a pinch runner. Plenty of fast women out there. Surprised they haven't put one in just for the ratings. This. And then the 24/7 news coverage and accolades will last decades. She'll get the full meal deal, Jackie Robinson treatment. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:49:02 PM EDT
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Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? She could be the official ball washer. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:49:56 PM EDT
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Doesn't have the upper body strength to play with the big boys.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:50:21 PM EDT
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Even ball players need a cook.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:51:08 PM EDT
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First female MLB player will be a pinch runner. Plenty of fast women out there. Surprised they haven't put one in just for the ratings. Nah. The first "female" will be an existing MLB who decides to do a Bruce Jenner and will then be halted as the Jackie Robinson of his time. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:51:52 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. There isn't anyway she could be a good defensive infielder? |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:53:45 PM EDT
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There isn't anyway she could be a good defensive infielder? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. There isn't anyway she could be a good defensive infielder? Doubt it. But even if she could she would be an automatic out when she gets up to bat. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 8:58:34 PM EDT
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Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Designate out. Good luck to her, but I don't think she'll be able to hit an MLB fastball out of the infield. Guys who took 'roids couldn't do it more than three times out of ten. Quoted:
And then the 24/7 news coverage and accolades will last decades. She'll get the full meal deal, Jackie Robinson treatment. Jackie Robinson hit .311 in ten years with the Dodgers. She won't hit over .100. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:00:39 PM EDT
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A female player could make the majors as a left handed relief pitcher. That's about it.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:02:28 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? There have been people hired for express reason that were very fast runners. They would go in as a Pitch Runner and steal a base or two and score. Just ask the 2004 Yankees about Game 4 of the Playoffs. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:07:04 PM EDT
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There isn't anyway she could be a good defensive infielder? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. There isn't anyway she could be a good defensive infielder? Nah |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:10:53 PM EDT
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HELL NO
Go play girls baseball. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:10:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Maybe if Bill Veeck were still alive  |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:13:32 PM EDT
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Designate out. Good luck to her, but I don't think she'll be able to hit an MLB fastball out of the infield. Guys who took 'roids couldn't do it more than three times out of ten. Jackie Robinson hit .311 in ten years with the Dodgers. She won't hit over .100. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Designate out. Good luck to her, but I don't think she'll be able to hit an MLB fastball out of the infield. Guys who took 'roids couldn't do it more than three times out of ten. Quoted:
And then the 24/7 news coverage and accolades will last decades. She'll get the full meal deal, Jackie Robinson treatment. Jackie Robinson hit .311 in ten years with the Dodgers. She won't hit over .100. Wasn't an indictment of JR, just saying the first female that even walks on the field will get the same treatment. Only there is a good chance they'll be a shit player. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:15:52 PM EDT
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FPNI
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:17:03 PM EDT
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I honestly thought Enos Slaughter's daughter was going to be the first woman to get a shot at the majors. She did play college baseball with the men for at least one season that I know of. There was some media buzz about her having a shot in the mid-1970s because of her moving from the women's softball team to the men's baseball team. I do know that she was one helluva good ballplayer thanks to her dad's instruction
But I lost track of her shortly afterwards and really haven't heard anything about her until I heard that last year she'd married her old boyfriend from junior high and high school. Which surprised me because I would have bet the house that they were going to get married by age 23 the way they were attached to each other in school. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:19:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Let her play, and let her get crushed. The game must be adjusted so it's fair for everyone. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:19:28 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. 
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:21:56 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f4a8b30a992c008a42746ff582af91b/tumblr_n5wq8qoMAd1qdjo2ho1_400.gif Yeah lol ok Well that settles it, women are just as strong as men! That looks like 245lb, not much |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:23:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A female player could make the majors as a left handed relief pitcher. That's about it. Yeah, the only way I see it happening is as a gimmick pitcher on an american league team... |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:26:33 PM EDT
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Well that settles it, women are just as strong as men! That looks like 245lb, not much Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f4a8b30a992c008a42746ff582af91b/tumblr_n5wq8qoMAd1qdjo2ho1_400.gif Yeah lol ok Well that settles it, women are just as strong as men! That looks like 245lb, not much Have u any idea how beast some of these crossfit chicks are? Could she hit a 90 mph fastball? Idk but to say that a woman could not play baseball because she couldn't possibly be strong enough is ludicrous. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:26:46 PM EDT
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They must have really big kitchens in France.
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:27:02 PM EDT
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Baseball is a very humbling sport. I have seen many, many, dominating male players (at a given level) be reduced to ineffectiveness by the ever-increasing demands put upon them as they attempt to rise from the ranks of high school to college to minors and maybe even eventually the Majors (for a select and lucky few). To even suppose that this 16yo girl could aspire to compete and thereby achieve such an advancement is ludicrous. While it may seem like quite the romantic idea, in actuality, it simply aint gonna happen. Dream on. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:27:12 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Yeah, take Serena Williams. Sure she's a physical specimen for sure, but she'd lose to the lowest rank male pro tennis player. Hell, she'd lose to the average NCAA male tennis player too, and in embarrassingly one-sided matches. The US women's soccer team had a scrimmage against the under-17 American boys' team. They lost to the under-17 boys 7-3. Let's stop pretending that women can compete in athletic competitions against men. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:28:15 PM EDT
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git your ass back in the kitchen and make me a sammich. Baseball she says......
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:28:44 PM EDT
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Because the average man sprints faster than the average woman. She'd get picked off faster than you could say "Patriarchal Hegemony" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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First female MLB player will be a pinch runner. Plenty of fast women out there. Surprised they haven't put one in just for the ratings. Because the average man sprints faster than the average woman. She'd get picked off faster than you could say "Patriarchal Hegemony" And the average person isn't a professional athlete. Professional athletes do not have average athleticism. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:28:47 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. No problem, America will change all the rules to accommodate her. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:30:10 PM EDT
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Let her play, and let her get crushed. Just like Danica 
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:31:48 PM EDT
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First female MLB player will be a pinch runner. Plenty of fast women out there. Surprised they haven't put one in just for the ratings. No there isn't. An average male runner is still faster than the fastest women. That's why the world record is nearly a full second slower for women in the 100M, and that was set by a woman who many believe was on steroids. The men's college record is 1.64 seconds faster than the women's 100M record. In sprinting or stealing bases, that might as well be an hour. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:32:05 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f4a8b30a992c008a42746ff582af91b/tumblr_n5wq8qoMAd1qdjo2ho1_400.gif Yeah lol ok Lol, is that supposed to prove something? Even the smallest and weakest mlb player can do reps of that on bench |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:32:47 PM EDT
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Yeah, take Serena Williams. Sure she's a physical specimen for sure, but she'd lose to the lowest rank male pro tennis player. Hell, she'd lose to the average NCAA male tennis player too, and in embarrassingly one-sided matches. The US women's soccer team had a scrimmage against the under-17 American boys' team. They lost to the under-17 boys 7-3. Let's stop pretending that women can compete in athletic competitions against men. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Yeah, take Serena Williams. Sure she's a physical specimen for sure, but she'd lose to the lowest rank male pro tennis player. Hell, she'd lose to the average NCAA male tennis player too, and in embarrassingly one-sided matches. The US women's soccer team had a scrimmage against the under-17 American boys' team. They lost to the under-17 boys 7-3. Let's stop pretending that women can compete in athletic competitions against men. Is that true? I honestly thought the women's team would have fared much better than that. The women's US team is the best in the world, soccer isn't anywhere near as popular for males in the US as other sports, and it relies on more aerobic fitness and skill and strength...I would think those factors would have given the women's team a perfect opportunity to pull out a win. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:33:12 PM EDT
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Yeah, take Serena Williams. Sure she's a physical specimen for sure, but she'd lose to the lowest rank male pro tennis player. Hell, she'd lose to the average NCAA male tennis player too, and in embarrassingly one-sided matches. The US women's soccer team had a scrimmage against the under-17 American boys' team. They lost to the under-17 boys 7-3. Let's stop pretending that women can compete in athletic competitions against men. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Yeah, take Serena Williams. Sure she's a physical specimen for sure, but she'd lose to the lowest rank male pro tennis player. Hell, she'd lose to the average NCAA male tennis player too, and in embarrassingly one-sided matches. The US women's soccer team had a scrimmage against the under-17 American boys' team. They lost to the under-17 boys 7-3. Let's stop pretending that women can compete in athletic competitions against men. Which team would Caitlyn Jenner play for |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:33:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, the only way I see it happening is as a gimmick pitcher on an american league team... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A female player could make the majors as a left handed relief pitcher. That's about it. If they do this as a gimmick, I will stop watching MLB. It would be hard to take it serious after such a stunt. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:34:30 PM EDT
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Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. Know nothing about baseball but could she fill a weird niche for a season? I don't think there is a relief sandwich maker. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 9:35:04 PM EDT
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There's no way a woman could make it MLB. Not strong enough and could never hit a MLB fastball. http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f4a8b30a992c008a42746ff582af91b/tumblr_n5wq8qoMAd1qdjo2ho1_400.gif Yeah lol ok She looks feisty. Would smash like the hammer of Thor. 
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