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Female Knuckleballer

GeorgiaPeach

By GeorgiaPeach
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eastcoastjaysfan

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Love it. Opens the door a tiny crack to talk about women in the mlb, which... If she can throw a knuckleball effectively... Why not?

 

Would never, ever happen.

 

Serena Williams is arguably the greatest woman tennis player to ever live. Read the stories about her getting destroyed by men who were hardly even ranked on the practice courts. One past prime club pro was half drunk and still man handled her.

 

Women cannot compete with men. Never have been able to and never will be able to.

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Would never, ever happen.

 

Serena Williams is arguably the greatest woman tennis player to ever live. Read the stories about her getting destroyed by men who were hardly even ranked on the practice courts. One past prime club pro was half drunk and still man handled her.

 

Women cannot compete with men. Never have been able to and never will be able to.

 

And I agree with the vast majority of sports, but we're talking about a knuckleball.... Not exactly a pitch that needs to be thrown 90+. Wakefield only threw 60-65 with his. What would matter if it was a chick throwing a 60 mph knuckler?

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love it. Opens the door a tiny crack to talk about women in the mlb, which... If she can throw a knuckleball effectively... Why not?

 

lol

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GeorgiaPeach

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Love it. Opens the door a tiny crack to talk about women in the mlb, which... If she can throw a knuckleball effectively... Why not?

 

I'd love to see females in baseball.

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I'd love to see females in baseball.

 

I know realistically they'd never be able to compete on a level playing field with men in the majors in really any aspect of the game except.. Maybe as a knuckleballer.

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Would never, ever happen.

 

Serena Williams is arguably the greatest woman tennis player to ever live. Read the stories about her getting destroyed by men who were hardly even ranked on the practice courts. One past prime club pro was half drunk and still man handled her.

 

Women cannot compete with men. Never have been able to and never will be able to.

 

If she can get the knuckleball up to 70mph... and can throw it effectively, I can see her getting mlb hitters out.

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I know realistically they'd never be able to compete on a level playing field with men in the majors in really any aspect of the game except.. Maybe as a knuckleballer.

 

clubhouses are really brutal, benches are brutal, fans are brutal.... it would just never work.

 

http://f2.thejournal.ie/media/2013/09/crying1.gif

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Apparently women's olympic hockey is the equivalent of peewee boy's hockey. That's pretty shameful.

Watched USA vs China women's hockey few years back. Man...

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I know realistically they'd never be able to compete on a level playing field with men in the majors in really any aspect of the game except.. Maybe as a knuckleballer.

 

Someone tried to convince me once basketball was a sport women had a shot at competing against men. ( as guards)

 

It's pretty amazing how ignorant people can be; I don't care how goofy people like Greveis Vasquez can look at times. They still are athletic beasts and are stronger than the local muscle heads you'll find at the gym every day

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Would never, ever happen.

 

Serena Williams is arguably the greatest woman tennis player to ever live. Read the stories about her getting destroyed by men who were hardly even ranked on the practice courts. One past prime club pro was half drunk and still man handled her.

 

Women cannot compete with men. Never have been able to and never will be able to.

 

Its funny that you mention Tennis. The Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs is cited as an example of women triumphing over men. Riggs may have been past his prime, but he was a former #1.

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Its funny that you mention Tennis. The Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs is cited as an example of women triumphing over men. Riggs may have been past his prime, but he was a former #1.

 

Funny you mention the King vs Riggs match as an example. In her prime she beat someone way older that was 30 yrs removed from playing. In fact most thought she didn't even play well and if Riggs was fit he would've won.

 

How did the Williams sisters do against any man ranked 200 below? Yes, that's as far as they dared challenge and they lost.

 

In the sport I played competitively, any man ranked in the top 200 easily beat the top women and that is a fact, since in many tournaments men do play against women. I wouldn't even say this sport was one where muscle was a hugely deciding factor.

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I saw the E:60 episode, a couple years ago, she dominated her leagues back then, with guys much older than her.

 

I'm not debating she can throw a knuckleball well. I just find it extremely hard to believe this 7 or 8 year old girl is at a park playing baseball or wherever, and Ol' Joe Niekro stumbled into her and the conversation of teaching a 7 or 8 year old how to throw a knuckleball came up.

 

He has to know her family. This isn't some random 7 year old girl that Niekro just decided he was going to teach how to throw a knuckler.

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