College OTR: Eri Yoshida to Become the First Female Pro Baseball Player in Japan

Eri Yoshida to Become the First Female Pro Baseball Player in Japan

Posted by Tyler Durden 11/17/2008 09:31 AM
Category: Sports Tags: baseball, japan

A Japanese schoolgirl is making headlines across the world today as the first woman to play pro baseball in Japan. Not only that, but she’s only 16 and coming straight out of high school. Eri Yoshida was drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise, a pro team in an independent league in Japan.

"I always dreamed of becoming a professional," Yoshida, who is 5-feet (152-centimeters) tall and weighs 114 pounds (52 kilograms), told a news conference Monday. "I have only just been picked by the team and haven't achieved anything yet."

Yoshida’s special pitch that got her noticed is a side-arm knuckleball and her goal is to follow the path of fellow knuckleballer Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox.

Wait, can this happen like, anywhere, specifically in America? Like, if a girl just happens to be good enough in a particular sport, can she join the men’s league? I mean they’ve done that in NASCAR and F1 racing, but those aren’t really sports.

It’s obviously not going to happen in say, pro football, or basketball, or hockey. But maybe in say, baseball or soccer? What do you think about inter-sex league integration? Maybe girls’ points count as double?

+ 13 comments

Anonymous says,

NASCAR and F1 racing, but those arenÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½t really sports???

You must be an American from some place where you think the USA is the centre point of this earth to make such an intelligent remark. Posted 11/17/2008 11:42 AMReply

Tyler Durden says,

How is saying NASCAR isn't a sport arrogantly American? The dumb people in our country love NASCAR! Posted 11/17/2008 12:45 PMReply

Anonymous says,

of course women should be able to play any sport on a guys team. the only reason i can see that they don't already is because the guys are afraid that the girls might make them look bad! Posted 11/17/2008 1:46 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Good for her. People might say this is all a publicity stunt - it might be, but her being a knuckleball pitcher, her chance of success is quite high in my opinion. my thoughts http://jib-sports-culture.blogspot.com/2008/11/16-year-old-girl-drafted-by-pro.html Posted 11/17/2008 7:52 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Women have played pro hockey before. I believe the Lightning had a female backup goalie in the 90's. Posted 11/17/2008 10:18 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I saw a video of her pitching. What. A. Joke. A slow pitch with little movement for a knuckleball. Pathetic. Posted 11/17/2008 11:29 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I saw a video of her pitching. What. A. Joke. A slow pitch with little movement for a knuckleball. Pathetic. Posted 11/17/2008 11:29 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Keep in mind, Japan is a country where openly reading porn in a bus or on the subway is considered normal. This is just a way to entice the perverted Jap male to go to a game. Posted 11/17/2008 11:32 PMReply

Anonymous says,

right. idiot. male athletes are afraid of females. Posted 11/18/2008 01:08 AMReply

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