Female pitcher makes history in Japan
Publicity stunt or legitimate baseball decision? I only wish there were some video of her in action...if only Dragonfantastic were still around.
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Jackie Mitchell
She doesn’t have anything on Jackie Mitchell, who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on a combined seven pitches in an exhibition game between the Chattanooga Lookouts and New York Yankees in 1931.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
by memphiscub on Mar 27, 2009 12:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Or Erin Andrews
She inspires so much offense just by being posted online.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? - Jim Bouton
by Beaushek on Mar 27, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but unlike Mitchell...
this woman is being required to wear a uniform while pitching.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 27, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm searching for.....
the other without one.
I didn't get the players I wanted in the offseason!! Hopefully I get what I want in the Regular Season---The World Series Trophy!! Go Cubbies!!
by cubsluver22 on Mar 27, 2009 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very cool.
I think I posted a Fanshot about her when she was signed. So she walked the first guy and then K’d the second? Doesn’t sound all that different from Chad Gaudin’s outings lately. GIT ’ER DONE, JIMBO!
"That little kid at second base - he is after a job, isn't he?" ~ Lou Piniella, 3/9/09
by dat cubfan daver on Mar 27, 2009 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
YouTube clip...
…right here. (Jump ahead to around 1:40 to see her windup and delivery.)
Here’s another one with a better view of her delivery. (Let’s just say it’s funkier than James Brown at the Apollo.)
And here’s one of her in some sort of yellow safety vest warming up and then playing. And then some footage of her introduction to the media.
"That little kid at second base - he is after a job, isn't he?" ~ Lou Piniella, 3/9/09
by dat cubfan daver on Mar 27, 2009 1:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Looks like her fastball
has to be timed with an hourglass.
by Clark Addison on Mar 27, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
For some reason...
…I just pictured Aramis screwing himself into the ground swinging at one of those.
"That little kid at second base - he is after a job, isn't he?" ~ Lou Piniella, 3/9/09
by dat cubfan daver on Mar 27, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Al, can you email dragonsfanatic and see if he's still around?
I assume you have access to his email. I’m very curious to see what he thinks about Dome and his chances of turning it around this year. He offered some great insight and I wish he was still around here. But I can understand if he wanted to disappear – it just happened to coincide with Kosuke’s incredible fall from grace.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Mar 28, 2009 3:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's still around
he posted here very briefly a few weeks ago. He’s not gone completely.
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king -- Bob Dylan
by Emelie on Mar 28, 2009 8:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He last posted here on January 24...
… regarding Ken Kadokura, the Japanese pitcher the Cubs brought to camp.
If he doesn’t return to posting soon, with Dome’s return to the team, I’ll email him.
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by Al on Mar 28, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs


















