11 year old girl throws perfect game

Clarkmeister · #1 05-21-2005, 12:24 PM

Not only that, she strikes out everyone. Pretty impressive.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/little_league_pitcher

OAKFIELD, N.Y. - Katie Brownell is in a Little League all her own. The 11-year-old — the only girl playing in the Oakfield-Alabama Little League program — pitched a perfect game Saturday for her Dodgers. She struck out all 18 batters she faced in the six-inning, 11-0 victory over the Yankees.

Oakfield-Alabama officials said they can't remember anybody ever throwing a perfect game in this western New York league between Buffalo and Rochester.

In two games on the mound, Katie has struck out 32 of 33 batters. And she's hitting .714 through the team's first three games.

"She's been pitching for three years, but she really came on and excelled this year," said team manager Jeff Sage.

Katie was almost pulled out of Saturday's game until the scorekeeper reminded her coach she had a no-hitter going. Katie then kept mowing down the opposition and when the last batter was fanned, the crowd erupted.

"Everybody congratulated me," she said.

augie00 · #2 05-21-2005, 12:27 PM

Wow, that is pretty impressive even if it's little league. Does anybody know the rules regarding women playing Major League Baseball?

jedi · #3 05-21-2005, 12:42 PM

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I don't think there are any rules. If you're good enough, you can play. There was a woman playing minor league ball not too long ago.

MicroBob · #4 05-22-2005, 04:31 AM

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There have been a few women that have been put on minor-league rosters pretty much gimmicks.
None of them were actually good enough to make the team otherwise.

I saw a girl in the minor-leagues in 1994 in the independent Frontier League. They would let her get an at-bat if the game was out of hand and if they didn't think the opposing pitcher would put one in her ear (as some guys said they would do).
I never saw her enter a game...but in batting-practice she was absolutely awful.

I believe the girl that was on the St. Paul roster in the Northern League a couple of years ago was probably a bit better than the one I saw...but she also would not have been on their team if not for ther gender.

Now in hockey there actually have been a couple of women who played in the minor-leagues who were pretty good. Manon Rheaume I think was the name of a half-decent goalie who bounced around to a few different minor-league teams at the AA and AAA levels I believe.

Dead · #5 05-22-2005, 04:32 AM

I believe that the right woman is capable of playing second base in the majors. That is the position best suited for a woman player. It requires quick footwork and agility, but not a lot of power.

Jack of Arcades · #6 05-22-2005, 04:36 AM

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Second base is a VERY physically demanding position, and even tougher on the body than shortstop.

MicroBob · #7 05-22-2005, 04:38 AM

We would need a woman capable of playing 2nd base in the minors first.

Don't get me wrong.
I am probably more interested in women's athletics than most on this forum. I used to broadcast college women's hoops and those girls took their game REALLY freaking seriously.
Women's soccer or hoops or hockey...I can get into those games (whereas a lot of guys just think that women's athletics is a joke).

But to my knowledge there has yet to be a woman who is good enough to play in the minors.
Of course, anyone with decent skills usually heads into softball so their not learning the exact same way.

I wonder if some of those olympic softball players COULD have been good enough to play low-A ball if they had been playing and learning baseball instead all this time.

Joe826 · #8 05-21-2005, 01:57 PM

i'm pretty sure they have to let them play. a similar situation occurred on saved by the bell when slater was forced to wrestle a girl.

Clarkmeister · #9 05-21-2005, 01:58 PM

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Good point.

brassnuts · #10 05-21-2005, 03:18 PM

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I don't think so, however I bet this girl was pitching underhand to other 11 year old girls. Still, an incredible feat. Actually, I did misread the article, it says it was a little league game, so maybe it was normal pitching.