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Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:43 pm to TheCaterpillar
If you remember girls dominating sports in 6th grade, then your memory either sucks or you were a shitty athlete. Below average guys are way better than girls at sports.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:44 pm to msutiger
Who?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:45 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
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If you remember girls dominating sports in 6th grade, then your memory either sucks or you were a shitty athlete. Below average guys are way better than girls at sports.
yeah on an equal playing field.
Girls hit puberty before boys. We had several tomboys in 4th-6th grade that played on our sports teams and started and were good. By 7th/8th grade they were passed up with a quickness as every dude's balls began to drop.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:45 pm to Billy Mays
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I can't be faux-raged about this bc I don't know a ton of other female athletes that significantly achieved in 2014.
my exact point. everyone is OMG SO MAD but they haven't named a single other athlete that dominated, won multiple gold medals, won a national championship, etc.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:46 pm to quail man
I don't really give a shite, I just think its a bit absurd a little league chick is the female athlete of the year, especially in a year that contained an Olympics with American female gold medal winners.
And I'm bored at work so I am arguing
And I'm bored at work so I am arguing
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:47 pm to msutiger
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pure PR move
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:47 pm to TheCaterpillar
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And I'm bored at work so I am arguing
i'm at home doing the same thing. playing devil's advocate
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:48 pm to sugar71
quote:Obviously this list doesn't exist, and to be clear, I am not trying to diminish Davis' accomplishment. Her being the first is notable for sure, but it's overhyped given the general equality of pre-pubescent gender athletic abilities. The lack of forerunners in this is more a relection of lack of previous opportunity given discrimination (to some extent) and lack of acceptance of gender athletic parity before puberty.
Well give me that long list of girls who have dominated Little League Baseball/Pitching like Davis?
I'm sure Davis is better than most girls, but this shouldn't be viewed as some landmark outcome. This could happen every year if opportunities were equal and a team with a girl pitcher had enough other talent to make its way to Williamsport.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:49 pm to TheCaterpillar
You must be because I distinctly remember 6th grade PE.
I was one of 100+ boys who were better than girls at every sport we played. The best girls equaled a weaker version of a mediocre guy.
I was one of 100+ boys who were better than girls at every sport we played. The best girls equaled a weaker version of a mediocre guy.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:51 pm to TheCaterpillar
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ITS frickING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
ETA:
Thanks for your 'non answer'. No girl has ever dominated in the LLWS because its not as easy as common/easy as you pretend.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:52 pm to sugar71
Great choice and it took guts on their part
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:54 pm to sugar71
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Thanks for your 'non answer'. No girl has ever dominated in the LLWS because its not as easy as common/easy as you pretend.
Read MetArt's last post.
And I'll repeat, its LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL. Do you realize how big of a deal an Olympic Gold Medal is? Do you? Its the ultimate pinnacle in athletic achievement.
It dates back hundreds of thousands of years.
And you are saying a female pitcher in little league baseball is more deserving. Its just ludicrous to me.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 1:56 pm to MetArl15
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I'm sure Davis is better than most girls, but this shouldn't be viewed as some landmark outcome. This could happen every year if opportunities were equal and a team with a girl pitcher had enough other talent to make its way to Williamsport.
but it was landmark because it was the first time (or at least the first in a very long time, i don't have the history of the LLWS memorized). it's a pretty big deal. again, name another female athlete that is deserving, and we can have a conversation about it. but to discuss the biology of whether or not it's actually a big deal is silly.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:00 pm to quail man
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my exact point. everyone is OMG SO MAD but they haven't named a single other athlete that dominated, won multiple gold medals, won a national championship, etc.
So true.Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:01 pm to quail man
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name another female athlete that is deserving
Jamie Anderson won gold in Women's Snowboard Slopestyle
Kaitlyn Farrington won gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe
Meryl Davis and Charlie White won gold in Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance. Also were ALL over the headlines as a pair. Also all over late night TV shows and she was on Dancing with the Stars which is one of the most watched television shows in the country.
Maddie Bowman won gold in women's ski halfpipe.
Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in the women's slalom.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:02 pm to TheCaterpillar
Ronda Rousey
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:03 pm to quail man
Serena Williams won her 6th U.S. Open and 33rd major championship.
Hannah Rogers went 30-8 and led Florida to a national championship in softball
Chiney Ogwumike was a unanimous All American in basketball and averaged 22.4 points a game.
And then there are all the Olympians.
But hey, this girl pitched two games on national television and their team didn't even make it to the championship. Let's give it to her!
Hannah Rogers went 30-8 and led Florida to a national championship in softball
Chiney Ogwumike was a unanimous All American in basketball and averaged 22.4 points a game.
And then there are all the Olympians.
But hey, this girl pitched two games on national television and their team didn't even make it to the championship. Let's give it to her!
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:03 pm to lsutigers1992
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Serena Williams won her 6th U.S. Open and 33rd major championship.
Hannah Rogers went 30-8 and led Florida to a national championship in softball
Chiney Ogwumike was a unanimous All American in basketball and averaged 22.4 points a game.
And then there are all the Olympians.
But hey, this girl pitched two games on national television and their team didn't even make it to the championship. Let's give it to her!
THIS
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:05 pm to TheCaterpillar
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And I'll repeat, its LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL. Do you realize how big of a deal an Olympic Gold Medal is? Do you? Its the ultimate pinnacle in athletic achievement.
can you name any of the female Olympic Gold Medal winners? (i'm assuming they'd have to be American)
Diana Taurasi was WNBA Finals MVP
maybe Michelle Wie who finished 4th on the LPGA money list...
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