Thanks to fellow Sox fan @daigofuji, I saw this story about Japanese pitcher Eri Yoshida, who may pitch professionally this year for the Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League, a Western independent league. And who is, oh yeah, an 18 year old woman. The Golden League also used to be the home of the Japanese Samurai Bears, a team which played for one year in the league without a home park. That appealed to me for some reason-there's something very barnstormy about a team like that.
I hope Yoshida signs, and does well. There really isn't any reason why she shouldn't succeed-Yoshida throws a knuckleball, which frankly, you, or I, or Elmo could learn to throw in about 15 minutes. The trick, of course, is to throw it consistently, for strikes- that's why everyone can't do it. But best of luck to her.
Very cool.
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