EveryJoe » Eri Yoshida http://www.everyjoe.com Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Eri Yoshida Is The First Woman To Play Professional Baseball http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/eri-yoshida-is-the-first-woman-to-play-professional-baseball-671/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/eri-yoshida-is-the-first-woman-to-play-professional-baseball-671/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:44:20 +0000 Lyndsey D'Arcangelo http://www.girlsdigsports.com/eri-yoshida-is-the-first-woman-to-play-professional-baseball/ Post from: EveryJoe

Eri Yoshida Is The First Woman To Play Professional Baseball

]]> I saw this post on the front page of Yahoo! Sports this a.m. and thought to myself, “that is so cool!”

You probably have no idea who Eri Yoshida is and, really, I didn’t either until I read the article. eriyoshida_nc.jpg Yoshida is a 16-year-old Japanese school girl who was recently drafted to play professional baseball in a new Japanese pro league. She’s a right-hander who is only 5 feet and 114 pounds, throws a sidearm knuckleball and is a big fan of Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

Apparently, Yoshida threw a hitless inning against male batters during a tryout this month and was among 33 players picked in the draft.

Now that’s awesome!

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Eri Yoshida Is The First Woman To Play Professional Baseball

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