I can only imagine the arguments in the Japanese male sector when this gal got hired on...This is highly unusual in an all male sport for a girl to be hired on in such a prominent position..Well here I introduce to you a very unusual Japanese girl who made Baseball her career...Meet the illustrious Eri Yoshida...She looks pretty good in a baseball cap don't you think...Kind of reminds me of Shania...Ha Ha! This Gal has a keen knuckleball that would impress any baseball enthusiast and for those that would underestimate her are in for a rough time...ha Ha! Guess that makes her more than just a pretty face...
Benjamin
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Schoolgirl knuckleballer headed to Japan pro league
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Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print Mon Nov 17, 1:30 am ET AFP – Eri Yoshida, seen here, a 16-year-old schoolgirl with a mean knuckleball has been selected as the first … TOKYO (AFP) – 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.
"I never dreamed of getting drafted," Yoshida told reporters Monday, a day after she was selected to play for the Kobe 9 Cruise.
"I have only just been picked by the team and have not achieved anything," she said. "I want to play as a pro eventually in a higher league."
Yoshida, 155 centimetres (five feet) tall and weighing 52 kilograms (114 pounds), says she wants to follow in the footsteps of the great Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
A female professional baseball federation existed for a few years in the 1950s, but Yoshida will become Japan's first-ever woman to play alongside professional male players.
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