“You play like a girl!” used to be one of baseball’s classic insults. Not anymore. Softball diva Jennie Finch has made it cool to not only throw like a girl, but to run, field and hit like one, too. Not since Babe Ruth has a player dominated so completely from the pitching rubber and the batter’s box, and she even gives the Bambino a run for his money in the charisma department. Jennie has also accomplished something Ruth never could: She is showing the boys it’s okay to be one of the girls. This
A known softball pitcher who led Team USA to a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics had started her career in college as a three-time All American pitcher and first baseman at the University of Arizona. Jennie Finch is known as one of the top softball players because of the amount of medals she has received and her dedication for the game. She has been a role model since she put her hand on a ball and threw her first pitch.Finch was born on September 3, 1980
At age 5 she started to play softball and at age 8 she started pitching. Her father was her first pitching coach. At age 13 Jennie was the bat girl for the University of California, Los Angeles. In high school she lettered four times in softball and twice in each in basketball and volleyball. As a sophomore, she was an All-California interscholastic Federation division two in softball and All-Suburban League Selection. As a senior, she was the captain of the softball team, the volleyball team, and
Did you know that softball was invented by George Hancock in 1887? It was a big hit, soon everyone wanted to learn how to play. Softball is a version of baseball. The ball is 10-12 inches in circumference. Softball is considered a lady’s game because it’s typically played by girls. You play with a bat, ball, and a softball glove. Just like baseball there are 4 bases in the field. The game is called softball, but the ball itself is not soft in fact, it is harder than a baseball! In a game, there are
event was the stade race, which is a 192-meter sprint to the finish line. Now in modern times things have changed. We have added a plethora of summer and winter sports that includes skiing, shooting, basketball, and swimming. The man who brought the Olympics back after its fourth century demise was Baron Pierre de Coubertin. In 1894 he created the Olympic committee we know today that upholds the rules and regulations to make every event fair. Most rules are for manipulation prevention, so no one
The Olympic games is a series of events that takes place every two and four years that originated in Greece to honor the Greek gods (Cartledge 1). The Olympics is an inspirational contest where many nations of the world come together and compete. This pertains to the athletic competitors who have trained for years to enter the Olympics. This includes swimmers, boxers, hockey players, runners, cyclists, ice-skating, figure skating, and many other sports (Cartledge 2). The Olympics have changed since