rmd: (nipfest)
rmd ([personal profile] rmd) wrote2008-11-18 11:29 am

throw like a girl!

Eri Yoshida is the first japanese female professional baseball player since the 'women's baseball league' over there in the 50's or so.

she's 16 years old. she's in high school. and she can strike you out.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/more/11/17/japan.schoolgirl.ap/index.html

[identity profile] feste-sylvain.livejournal.com 2008-11-18 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
People don't tend to think of the "color line" falling when Jackie Robinson went to play for the Montreal Royals in 1946.