OSAKA, Japan - Kobe 9 Cruise’s Eri Yoshida pitches in the ninth inning of an opening Kansai independent league game against the Osaka Gold Villicanes at Kyocera Stadium in Osaka on March 27. Yoshida, 17, the first woman to play in professional baseball alongside male players in Japan, worked one-third of an inning, walking one and striking out a batter swinging. (Kyodo) (Newscom TagID: kyodowc045694) [Photo via Newscom]
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Japanese schoolgirl pitcher Eri Yoshida* -- fresh off her tutoring session with The Knuckle Knuckle King -- has signed with the Chico Outlaws of the independent Golden Baseball League.
Yoshida will be the first woman to play professional baseball in the U.S. since Ila Borders played in the Northern League and Western Baseball League in the late 90s. She will be the first professional baseball player to throw like a girl since Johnny Damon hit the showers after yesterday’s Tigers-Royals game.
*We are obligated to refer to Yoshida as “Japanese schoolgirl” because there are a lot of people who Google that term for some reason. And if you’re worried that such search engine hi-jinks are going to bring in too many perverts to this site, please know, approximately 83% of hardcore baseball fans already fall into the coveted 18-34 year-old pervert demographic.
