thompsonx
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Ruth and valenzuela used talent and guile not strength to strike out batters.
Brett had a glove that was made of "super glue".
I am glad you agree with me that you were mistaken about the need for speed.
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If females in the majors was likely, there would be more in college. As it is, I think there is one female player in college and she is playing at the NAIA level.
Could it be a funding problem? Traditionally women's sports do not bring in nearly as much revenue as men's sports.
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You got this thing so convoluted I'm going to just answer two question. Ine concerning funding and the other concerning the "need for speed".
Ever since title 9, funding has been mandated to be equal for mens and women's sports. This has resulted in exponentially MORE opportunities for women in the NCAA and hundreds of men's programs have been dropped. Your argument that there is only 1 woman playing baseball in college because of lack of fundcing is then an epic FAIL.
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http://feminist.org/sports/titleIXfactsheet.asp
•Women make up 54% of college students and only 43% of college athletes.1
•Title IX compliance has been driven by law suits and threats of law suits. Although the law states that schools that violate Title IX will lose their federal funding, in thirty years no school has ever lost federal funding for not complying with Title IX.
• Male college athletes receive 36% more scholarship dollars than female college athletes at NCAA institutions.1
•Men's college athletics receive more money than women's in scholarships, recruiting, head coach salaries, and operating expenses.1
•Men have substantially more employment opportunities than women in college sports. Women are 16.9% of the Athletic Directors, 44% of the head coaches of women's teams, 2% of the head coaches of men's teams, and 27.8% of the full time athletic trainers.1
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Since Title IX, the numbers of boys and men playing high school and college sports have increased as well. In high schools, close to 4 million young men now participate in sports; almost 400,000 more than did in 1972. In colleges, over 200,000 men compete in athletics; 30,000 more than did in 1972. There are 215 more men's college baseball teams and 248 more men's college basketball teams than there were in 1982.3
Since Title IX, the number of high school girls who participate in sports has gone from 1 in 27 to 1 in 2.5. In the same time period, the number of high school boys who participate in sports has remained at 1in 2.2
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As for the need for speed, Per this http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-09/news/ss-992_1_pitching-coach/3 Valuenzuela threw hi 80's. I know of no females with that capability. Can you name one? Either put up or shut up. He also was an uncommonly good hitter batting over 300 at times and his career average was 200.
Is it your position that hitting is all strength and not timing?
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You say Ruth used guile to strike out batters. What about those 714 homers? Was that guile as well or strength?
What was his time in 40 yd. dash?
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Brett was also a much faster than average runner. That's how he pushed .400 one year. He beat out a hell of a lot of grounders. Are you going to claim you can beat out an infield grounder or get on base by bunt with average footspeed? You won't find position players who run slower than average. College uses the DH so a pitcher can be slower on their feet than average.
Flo jo's time in the 100 was 10.6 what was brett's?
< Message edited by thompsonx -- 5/15/2012 1:59:22 PM >
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