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Ruby salutes President Obama! said 11/17, 06:55 PM
Pick the 3 women athletes in history that would have been the best candidates to be the first women to play in the 3 major American sports.

Baseball- JENNY FINCH. She's a horse. Big and heavy enough that she would be around the MLB average is size and weight. Her 71 mph "riseball" has been called the equivilent of a 100 mph fastball in baseball. If she can throw heat like that, she shoulda been in this dang league. But most revealing is her ability to regularly strikeout all sorts of .300+ MLB hitters on This Week in Baseball. Including LoDuca, Garciaparra, Edmonds, Sweeney among others

Basketball- CANDACE PARKER- The best college b-ball player in the world right now might wanna reconsider what draft she's gonna go for. At 6'3" and with a 33+ vertical and wingspan of a 6'7" player, she could easily be effective out on the perimeter. She frequently slams in womens games and her outside shooting and quickness is unparalleled. She could be like a Richard Hamilton type, without the giant head.

Football- MARIA SHARAPOVA. 6'3", great footwork and with a cannon arm. She'd be at least as good as a Pennington at QB. She also has the reflexes to get off quick slants a-la Montana.

Ruby salutes President Obama! said 11/17, 10:58 PM
Damn it, jets. I thought you were gonna make a list. That was the purpose of the TD! But since i challenged you i can't reasonably complain.
Finch's father was a respected pitching coach. He would teach her the mechanics of overhand pitching. She is 6'2" and over 200 lbs. (although for womans vanity reasons she lowers that number)
She has legimate abilities to locate the strike zone and a powerful gun.
I'm not saying she would be a teams ace. But you could probably get some middle relief out of her.
and, the fact that a hitter is facing a woman would actually be an imtimidation factor for some hitters. They would want to get a hit so badly, they would over press. And strike the **** out. She could be successful, if someone would give her a chance.

Ruby salutes President Obama! said 11/18, 02:25 PM
Ah, that's a pretty interesting theory, jets. I wonder what a 125 mph serve translates to off a mound. Maybe the Cubs oughta give Maria a call.
So I assume, if you want Maria as your baseball player, then does that mean you want Jenny in pads? She's pretty well built, maybe a good fullback?
In all seriouness, though, the most likely of these 3 sports to have a woman b able to compete with the men would be baseball. It's not a contact sport and the athletic gap is less significant in most cases. You could find a good woman 2nd baseman.. er i mean basewoman, who could be a good contact hitter and fielder like that girl Watley from UCLA.

thejetstolehome: hiatus? said 11/18, 05:24 PM
I'd definitely agree with your statement about baseball/softball. The transition would most likely be easiest there but, like I've stressed, a pitcher would have to definitely change positions due to the mechanics.

Finch wouldn't be bad as a runner but how about Ms. Parker at WR? She's got the ups and got the height so why not?