Japanese baseball teams signs 16-year old female pitcher

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http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030172.php

The Female Wakefield

A new Japanese independent team drafted a woman. Eri Yoshida is just 16 years old:

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

    Yoshida throws a side-arm knuckleball and says she wants to follow in the footsteps of Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, who has built a successful major league career throwing a knuckleball.

I've thought for a while that a knuckleball might be the way for a woman to play against men, or as a really slick fielding second baseman. I hope she pitches well.

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