Woman in baseball

[5dodgers5]

It was Jennie Finch. We are talking 2005, 2006 ish here.

[haveacigar]

problem with finch is that she was pitching a softball from 45 feet and getting Ks. I have a feeling with a baseball at 60'6", it would be a different story.

[Clay Dreslough]

Yep. I don't care who plays, as long as they're good enough to play and it's not a cheap gimmick.

Speaking of which, can anyone remind me what the resolution was after the Eddie Gaedel stunt? I seem to remember the commissioner outlawing it at the time. Is that the case? What was his logic?

[haveacigar]

Speaking of which, can anyone remind me what the resolution was after the Eddie Gaedel stunt? I seem to remember the commissioner outlawing it at the time. Is that the case? What was his logic?

they tried to strike his stats and appearance from the record, but they really couldn't. pretty sure bill veeck fought it and won. So, the resolution is simply that Eddie Gaedel had one PA and drew a walk, before being replaced by a pinch runner.

the commissioner's office now has to approve of a contract before the player can legally appear in a game, which is how they're preventing this from happening in the future.

[filihok]

they tried to strike his stats and appearance from the record, but they really couldn't. pretty sure bill veeck fought it and won. So, the resolution is simply that Eddie Gaedel had one PA and drew a walk, before being replaced by a pinch runner.

the commissioner's office now has to approve of a contract before the player can legally appear in a game, which is how they're preventing this from happening in the future.

That's interesting, and crap.

Free Eddie Gaedel

[Clay Dreslough]

That's interesting, and crap.

Free Eddie Gaedel

Agreed. Also, organized baseball banned women 56 years ago. So this whole thread is moot until baseball lifts the ban. There could be a female Jackie Robinson out there but we'd never know it. (I'm not saying there is -- just that the ban is stupid).

[flapper]

Clay>where can one find that info?

[Clay Dreslough]

Clay>where can one find that info?

Here's a start:

http://www.seaternal.com/baseball/history.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Mitchell

[HoustonGM]

Agreed. Also, organized baseball banned women 56 years ago. So this whole thread is moot until baseball lifts the ban. There could be a female Jackie Robinson out there but we'd never know it. (I'm not saying there is -- just that the ban is stupid).

What prompted them to do that?

[flapper]

The wikipedia article was great.

[dps]

Agreed. Also, organized baseball banned women 56 years ago. So this whole thread is moot until baseball lifts the ban.

Actually, a ban on signing women organized baseball is moot. It would never hold up in court.

[OldYankFan]

Apparently Manny Rameriez is actually a woman, since she is taking female fertility drugs.

[OldYankFan]

Speaking of which, can anyone remind me what the resolution was after the Eddie Gaedel stunt? I seem to remember the commissioner outlawing it at the time. Is that the case? What was his logic?

Bill Vecke wondered why Gaedel was banned and Phil Rizzuto wasn't.

[TheNamelessPoet]

how are they going to cook my dinner and clean the hous if they are playing ball!!!

[200tang]

how are they going to cook my dinner and clean the hous if they are playing ball!!!

They're out of your league anyways, so what does it matter?