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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: Gina on August 22, 2014, 08:00:51 AM
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So I was reading about this little Little League star that is a girl.
Question:
I know that Women playing football would be kinda unequal but what about the MLB? Baseball isn't about hitting bodies. Would you be accepting of a woman in that sport?
What other sports do you think they could merge into to make co-ed teams?
Or do you think it should only be separate?
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Polo. Men and women already play together on teams. High goal, professional play.
Granted few women have the upper body strength (it's not all in the arm) to reach that level, but they exist. Sunny Hale, Gillian Johnston, Chrys Beal. Those are just ones I know.
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At what point do we draw the line? Should there only be one golf, or tennis championship? Should we do away with the LPGA and whatever they call the tennis associations?
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In Baseball I think women would enjoy being the catcher.
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In Baseball I think women would enjoy being the catcher.
I think that would be determined by how big of a bat you were swinging.
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Seriesly....which is more serious than seriously.....I've watched mixed teams of kids, young girls and boys, play soccer. The girls at a very early age seem to me to have a slight advantage over the boys. Then as they age, the boys get better, until around 12 to 14 years of age when the boys get stronger and more physically coordinated and stronger than the girls. I see no reason why the girls couldn't or shouldn't play on a mixed boy/girl baseball teams until that age.
I've watched teenage girls play fast pitch softball. They're pretty good. A few could probably play high school and maybe even some level of college baseball but as for the more advanced levels like a large college or professional level....not likely.
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Gina, I'm assuming you're talking about the Taney Dragons from Philly. It's a hot topic here and is a big ratings draw for ESPN. Unfortunately they were eliminated last night but it was fun to watch them rise. Football is, of course, right out. Even kickers have to know how to tackle and be physically able to disrupt a run-back play. As players mature into adults, I really don't see women and men, in the major sports, being able to play together on a team on a competitive basis (wow, the KKKlams are gonna kill me for this). It's just biology.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Mitchell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Mitchell)
Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1913 – January 7, 1987)[1] was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.