CNN reporter finds it amusing when boys cry

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2010-08-23 20:54

Story here. Excerpt:

'Chelsea, who until recently honed her pitching arm in Plant City, Florida's Little League program, told CNN Sunday that she feels "really honored and blessed" to be recognized on a national level at such an early age.

In addition to her Hall of Fame achievement, Chelsea was also recently featured on ESPN's "E:60" series.

Chelsea, who says she has been pitching since she was 7 years old, boasts a fastball in the mid-60s (miles per hour) and a baffling knuckleball that has been known to make her male opponents shed a tear.

"Yeah, when I strike them out with the knuckleball, sometimes they'll throw their helmets and start crying," she laughs. "It's just really funny to watch."

Reporter giggles happily at around 1:20.

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Consider that the reverse state of affairs would hardly stand a chance of making the news.

Take something girls seem categorically better at than boys, then show us a boy who is so much better at it than girls that it makes those girls cry-- now place that boy on a pedestal on national news, no less, and laugh approvingly at the girls "he makes cry". Can you imagine it?

I'd also like to point out that this girl learned her knuckle-ball skills from a man. They don't seem to be pointing that out too well in their grrl-power-fest, do they?

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2010-08-24 01:14

Compare this with a similar situation that happened several years ago at a women's softball tournament here in the Phoenix area. The team from New Mexico had a mediocre record and wasn't considered a serious contender. The New Mexico coach read the rules and found that due to federal funding the program could not discriminate based on sex. Several male baseball players suddenly showed up on New Mexico's roster for the first game of the tournament. The guys collectively hit something like 7 home-runs in the game and the New Mexico team won. So how was this covered? These guys courageously broke the rules of the old-girls network and took their rightful place along side the women. Right? No, reality stepped in.

Someone was lambasted for poor sportsmanship. Guess who? And neither the male players nor the coach had a CNN anchor slobber over them on national TV.

Some of you probably remember the media circus when Anika Sorensen played in a PGA tournament a few years ago. Remember that one? Nobody watching the tournament on TV would have had any idea who was leading the tournament had it not been for the occasional camera shot of the leader board. Anika was THE subject, even after being cut. How many times can you use the word "courage" in a single broadcast? That crew of sportscasters still holds the record for that one. Apparently the other players that were cut were just your plain old losers.

These examples represent the standard no-lose situation for females and no-win situation for boys. If the boys beat the girl on the field she's glorified for her "courage". If the girl wins, she's a national hero and the boys are humiliated.

I can't imagine why any male athlete would ever willingly compete against a woman.

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Submitted by Arty on Tue, 2010-08-24 17:20

There are always ways to "equalize" a competitive situation.
Not that I would ever encourage repetitive bean balls when she gets up to bat - but that would certainly bring her down a notch or two.

If a young woman or girl wants to play with the boys, then the boys should treat her as just one of the guys - and that includes all of the dirty tricks that boys play on each other, the hard hits, the getting run over in the bass path, the bean balls, and the spitting on her shoes. It goes with the territory of being a boy. Welcome to the club, sweet heart....

Lets see how well she pitches after getting run over a time or two....

oregon dad

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Submitted by oregon dad on Thu, 2010-08-26 03:03

This girl throws a knuckle ball. The pitch is actually griped using the pitchers finger nails and takes virtually no arm or shoulder strength to throw the ball at 60mph.

At 13, a girl is capable of competing against boys in little league. The problem for her is when boys hit puberty and get much stronger. They'll hit her pitches a long way and she won't be able to hit a fast ball that exceeds 80mph -- which is the speed many high school base ball players throw. She's destined for soft ball.

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Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2010-08-26 20:02