Eri Yoshida is a remarkably unusual professional baseball player — she’s female, 18-years old, 5’1″, and a sidearm knuckleballer! She was drafted by Kobe 9 Cruise of the Kansai Independent Baseball League and is currently in America pitching for the Yuma Scorpions in the Arizona Independent League. The wacky part of it all is that she learned the knuckleball by watching video footage of Major League Baseball player Tim Wakefield.
Yoshida recently participated in a workout session with Wakefield, who said:
I’m impressed. She spun a couple, but for the most part it was very good. She was able to take the spin out of a lot of them and they had quite a lot of movement on them.
Yoshida is totally cool. She’s crossed so many barriers in a sport I love and I hope she becomes tremendously successful. Young girls need role models like Yoshida. She’s definitely the frontrunner for my crush of 2010.
… until she becomes successful, makes a lot of money, gets married, has kids, then cheats on her husband with dozens of other men in the various cities she goes and plays baseball in, right?
-Dr. Moodkill
The cubs should sign her!!!!!
@nightshade is Aaron Boone still in the league?
If she learned from Tim Wakefield, then someday she’s bound to give up a pennant winning longball to Aaron Boone.
@tokz: it doesn't matter, so long as somewhere a Red Sox fan is crying.
Since it relates to baseball…we landed a developer interview for MLB '10: The Show.
http://www.gamerswishlist.com/news/494-EXCLUSIVE-…
Well, the Pirates we're the first American professional sports team to sign Indian nationals, I could see them picking up the first woman in the MLB too.
(There's no crying in baseball… I had to say it.)
@ N8;
You have football glory beyond any other NFL team… let us have baseball. Well, not me, specifically, but maybe a Yankees fan somewhere on this site.
-M
The Yankees could always use more championships!!
*waves fist in anger*
no they don't, the CUBS need one!
@Nightshade386 Of course!!!
@rpad
You Yankee fans need to stop being so greedy. Did you find any kids to help them how to say "Whoooooo!" like Natch, yet?
@tokz_21Conversely, other MLB teams need to set up their own cable networks and have people watch them.
Actually, no Naitching with the kids today. More super secret meetings!!!
@tokz: Nothing personal my man, but so long as the Cubs remain lovable losers, my faith in the world still being her tomorrow remains secure.
@nightshade
I don't care if they lose again after winning just end this 100+ year thing. I'm looking forward to year 2015. Come on Back to the Future II don't be wrong!
@iceman
I think the Yankees have baseball glory already. 27 World Series is a lot compared to the second team with the most wins the St. Louis Cardinals with 10.
@ Iceman
If the Pirates got her and she was any good, they’d trade her.
That’s how Bob Nutting is (I hate that man).
@rpad
The Cubs have discussed it but with the new owners it’s going to take awhile for that to happen. Glad to see your DICE gamble is paying off!