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Kim Mulkey story
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:02 pm
I knew Kim’s dad, Les. I am from Independence. We played against each other in competitive softball. Hammond and Independence were both members of Dixie Youth Baseball. I coached and helped with the Independence league. When Kim was 12 she played shortstop for one of the two Hammond Dixie All star teams. The District tournament was in independence that year. When the Hammond allstars took the field for their first game the District Director , Mr. Berthelot, ran on the field halted the game and took Kim off the field. Girls could not play he said. Rules you know. Well Les had a lawyer ready, my good friend Ron Macsluso from Hammond. Ron was a year or two out of law school but he got an injunction to halt play and then prevailed in the hearing and Kim was allowed to play. I wonder today if Kim remembers any of that.
This post was edited on 4/4/23 at 2:17 pm
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Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:05 pm to Tigerlawyer
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:05 pm to Tigerlawyer
Fascinating
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:09 pm to Tigerlawyer
She told me that she does.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:14 pm to Tigerlawyer
quote:
I wonder today if Kim remembers any of that.
I hope this question is rhetorical. You can damn well bet she remembers all that.
I can understand where the director was coming from, though. An injury to a girl in a boys’ league could be a big liability.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:18 pm to Tigerlawyer
quote:
I wonder today if Kim remembers any of that.
Kim actually just talked about this specific thing in one of her Final 4 press conferences. Her not being allowed to play as a girl apparently stuck in her mind all these years.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:20 pm to Tigerlawyer
You talking about my little floor general?
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:27 pm to Tigerlawyer
What about black kids? Were they allowed to play? I’m always interested in the timing regarding DYB and that issue.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 2:44 pm to Tigerlawyer
I actually heard about this (for the first time) over the weekend while at a party. I was talking to someone who was related to the judge that ruled in Kim‘s favor.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 4:14 pm to Tigerlawyer
She was nothing short of fierce. And is.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 5:42 pm to Tigerlawyer
My GOD you're impressive!!!
Posted on 4/4/23 at 8:47 pm to Tigerlawyer
So we are all good with girls playing in boys sports leagues now?
Sounds terrible to me.
Sounds terrible to me.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 9:05 pm to Tigerlawyer
Then, she should have had a career in mlb.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 11:52 pm to Tigerlawyer
Berthelot you say???????
Posted on 4/5/23 at 6:21 am to Tigerlawyer
This reminds me of Temeka Johnson as a young kid playing youth basketball in Jefferson Parish. I would swear she was one of the best youth players I have ever seen (boy or girl) at 10 yrs old.
That being said, she was essentially the same height at 10 that she was as an adult but her ball handling was another level for a 10 yr old.
That being said, she was essentially the same height at 10 that she was as an adult but her ball handling was another level for a 10 yr old.
This post was edited on 4/5/23 at 6:29 am
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:29 am to Tigerlawyer
Biological women should be separated from playing sports with biological males. End of story. Unless it’s just a geriatric publicly stunt.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:31 am to Tigerlawyer
Kramer’s mom doing Kramer things. Biggest baby in Louisiana.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 10:11 am to Tigerlawyer
Little league baseball in the early to mid 80s in Pineville, we had a girl in the league. I don't know what, if any, legal hurdles had to be made to allow it to happen, but she played. She was good. Not all-star team good, but she was a starter at 2nd.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 10:33 am to Tigerlawyer
News story in New Orleans with Kim's mom said she never missed a day of school from 1st to 12 grade plus she was Valedictorian. She never ceases to amaze me.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 10:36 am to Tigerlawyer
Well, how’d she play?
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