can woman play on a guys team for major league baseball, for example can a woman play with the san francisco giants?
2007-07-13 08:40:10 · 14 answers · asked by sumo 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
There is no rule about it, so yes.
2007-07-13 08:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by Sam N 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. Skill 2. Skill and let me see now, number three, what could it be...oh, yes... 3. Skill Hey, if a woman shows major-league talent, a team will sign her. Simple as that. It would be great for that team economically; the team gets talent, and they get a player who will bring fans into the ballpark. The tough part is that there really are no women who have shown major-league talent. This is likely because for the vast majority of girls, softball is the game of choice. Once they switch to softball, it becomes virtually impossible to come back to baseball and play it at the same level as the world-class athletes who play Major League Baseball. It is nearly impossible to win a game of catch-up when competing against world-class athletes. So, the day a girl picks up a softball, she is placed at an extreme disadvantage. So, only a very tiny percentage of girls are still playing baseball by the time they get to high school. After that, I don't know if there are any currently playing in college or the minor leagues (though I'm not sure). Therefore, you're starting with a very tiny percentage of girls who can even POTENTIALLY play MLB. The odds are just stacked so heavily against them. In order for a woman to break into MLB, there would have to be some extraordinary drop in the popularity of softball. Simple as that. To give them a chance to play MLB, you have to have more young girls deciding that they want to play baseball. It won't happen any time soon, but one day if it does, I'll be rooting for her.
2016-04-01 02:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but so far, no woman has been good enough to make a pro baseball team.
2007-07-13 08:44:08 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would just like to comment on the Michael Barrett post. I would like to ask if they can sit and do his job. I doubt it very highly. Michael is a great guy and a great athlete who puts his heart and soul into playing the sport he loves so much. So I would appreciate it if you would just shut up!!
2007-07-17 06:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres no rule saying that they cant. But lets be honest, they cant. Im not trying to be sexist or anything, but they arent strong enough to play baseball. Can you imagine a woman standing in the batters box against someone like Justin Verlander, throwing high 90s-100 mph. She would not only not be able to hit it but she might get hurt.
2007-07-13 09:04:54 · answer #5 · answered by creggz12 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is a woman playing in the mlb currently. her name is Micheal Barret, catcher for the chicago cubs
2007-07-13 12:52:26 · answer #6 · answered by bonesiown 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Women have their own league. So, they cannot. Women have softball leagues that only women can play in. It's a pretty good system.
2007-07-13 09:34:06 · answer #7 · answered by Abel C 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wish that I could play second base for my Mets.
2007-07-13 09:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by joyce 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If she is good enough, I dont see why not. But I dont see many women trying out.
2007-07-13 09:15:45 · answer #9 · answered by J-Far 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i believe so, there is not a rule as I am aware that prohibits women from that workplace either.
2007-07-13 08:44:08 · answer #10 · answered by rhuzzy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋