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Common sense like considering this woman was drafted or signed out of high school or college, or perhaps signed as an amateur free agent like every single person ever signed by a major league team? Common sense like considering this woman pitched several seasons of minor league baseball and was called up to the majors? How are these things not common sense considerations to make about a potential woman playing major league baseball? That is how you find yourself on a major league roster. I think what goes against common sense is to suggest the only scenario under which a woman plays major league baseball is a publicity stunt. Last edited by packs; 03-28-2024 at 12:10 PM. |
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We know damn well that if a woman was placed on the roster tomorrow it would be a diversity agenda publicity stunt. I'm sure you and a good deal of others would consider that 54 ERA a success for some fantasyland bullshit you want to make up because narrative comes first, but any rational person knows well that's not competitive. Can't wait for the next absurdist spin. |
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You keep saying placed on a roster and eluding to publicity stunts which has to mean you aren't considering a woman playing her way onto a team. It makes it very difficult to have a conversation about competitiveness when you don't allow any space for a person to be skilled.
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There is a gender gap. There just is. And it's wider the more a sport involves physical contact with the opponent. It's not comparable to the gap between a stronger or weaker NBA player. It's a difference of kind, not degree. As mentioned, even in an individual sport not involving contact or really strength, and even though she is probably by a wide margin the greatest female athlete ever, Katie Ledecky is still 6 percent or in the case of some distances 7 percent slower than the best male. That's a lot. Appreciate the great women athletes for what they are. Full stop.
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Kelsie Whitmore has played on the Staten Island FerryHawks in the Atlantic League during the past 2 seasons. Her stats have not been impressive so she doesn't look likely to be playing at a higher level.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsie_Whitmore |
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As an addition to this thought experiment: what if the first woman in Major League Baseball is a man masquerading as a woman, who has invaded the collegiate women's spaces, but has a devastating curve ball and a monster slider?
Would the DEI folks head explode? |
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