Eri Yoshida is a 16-year-old schoolgirl with an underhand/side-armed knuckleball. And she is the first Japanese female to be selected to play alongside males in Japanese professional baseball. Her curveball was very attractive to managers because she throws sidearm, something American pitchers often are not able to do. She hopes to follow in the footsteps of Tim Wakefield, the great pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
This is amazing. It took decades for African Americans to be allowed to play alongside whites, and finally the league became de-segregated. I hope that the MLB will soon recognize that there are female players who may be better, or at least the same as their male counterparts. When I was a kid, I always dreamed of playing baseball professionally, but high school softball was the farthest I bothered to go. I wish Eri Yoshida much luck, as i'm sure she is most definately going to need it!!
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