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May 7, 2023Listen. I love for women to feel empowered to do and be great. I’m all about that. Be incredible. But also, I’m not going to avoid pointing out when something is stupid just because it involves a woman. And this? This is stupid. Check out this video of Olivia Pichardo, who the New England Sports Network describes as “the first woman to play NCAA Division 1 baseball.” Here she is getting to throw out the first pitch. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought you had to be a pretty decent baseball player to make it to Division 1. And this is not the throw of a player good enough to be on a Division 1 college baseball team. Sorry, not sorry. It’s just not. Now, you might be inclined to cut her some slack because pitching in baseball is dang hard. But, y’all, she’s a pitcher. Pitcher and outfielder are literally the positions she plays. She should at least be capable of throwing the ball to the catcher, even if it’s not a fast or curve ball. The catcher literally couldn’t even reach the ball when she threw it.
You know what this looks like? It looks like equity. It doesn’t look like a woman making history. It looks like a woman who was placed in a position so people could claim “historic advancement.” It looks like a woman who was picked for a diversity score. Maybe literally no one else wanted to be on the Brown University baseball team so she didn’t take anyone’s spot, but do you think she’s actually better than all the male collegiate baseball players whose spot she might have taken? Because I don’t. When women are selected for things not based on their merit but based on equity and diversity requirements, (like Kamala Harris being picked as VP), it cheapens the accomplishment. I want to be able to say, “Dang, this chick is AMAZING! No wonder she’s the first woman to play NCAA D1 baseball! Get it, girl!” But instead, I find myself saying, “Uh, seriously? They chose her?”
On top of that, can you imagine being a young man who trained your whole youth to play D1 college baseball only to get on a team that ends up with this equity installment? How demoralizing for those current and future players who realize this is a possible outcome of their hard work.
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Yes it was a bad pitch, but so what? Countless million dollar Pro pitchers throw bad pitches now and then. I’m willing to cut her some slack. She had to be nervous as hell. With the whole world watching, who wouldn’t be nervous?
I was thinking the same thing, though that explanation doesn’t prove Natalie’s premise wrong.
At least she throws better than Fauci.
Stinking virtue signaling!
>It doesn’t look like a woman making history.
Failing is still historic, particularly in a world that seems to have lost all previous knowledge.
She throws like a girl. Not that, that is a problem, since she is one. I feel sorry for her, even if she does end up being a good pitcher, her legacy will always be she did not merit the honors.
Your first sentence says it all.