Bear Ribs
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You kinda proved his point. Jackie Mitchell was signed on by Engel, who was known for his publicity stunt style, not for getting the best players. Jackie Mitchell was a minor leaguer who was known for publicity stunts like pitching while wearing a fake beard, and at one point being asked to pitch while riding a donkey. She had one good trick, her Sinker, and otherwise wasn't particularly impressive in her league. That's not to say she wasn't a great female athlete but she was never particularly competitive with top male athletes.Um ...
A 17-year-old girl struck out Ruth and Gehrig
It shouldn't come as much of a shock to hear that baseball in 1931 was totally different from baseball today. Just from looking at pictures from the era, you can tell. Pitchers' windups are different. Hitters' swings are different. The uniforms look thicker and baggier. But another way the gamewww.mlb.com
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Gals who play baseball professionally are usually pitchers who confuse the shit out of a lineup with the occassional middle infielder or right fielder batting 1st or 2nd tossed in.
Babe Ruth used a very high-risk/high-reward batting style that made him very easy to strike, but when he did hit it, it was a usually a great hit. That's why he held records for both his huge number of homeruns and for most strikeouts evar.
Wonder who else used that kind of style?
Lou Gehrig Has Most Career Strikeouts | StatMuse
Lou Gehrig had his most strikeouts in a game 13 times, with 3 strikeouts.
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Oh. So managing to strike them out isn't actually anything impressive, it was business as usual. The fact that the article was trying to talk up the greatness of a .303 Batting Average is rather telling.