Could Caitlyn Clark compete with D1 men?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

Common sense like considering this woman was drafted or signed out of high school or college, or perhaps signed as an amateur free agent like every single person ever signed by a major league team? Common sense like considering this woman pitched several seasons of minor league baseball and was called up to the majors?

How are these things not common sense considerations to make about a potential woman playing major league baseball? That is how you find yourself on a major league roster.

I think what goes against common sense is to suggest the only scenario under which a woman plays major league baseball is a publicity stunt.

Yeah, I'm sure a woman will make it via genuine merit and performance. That's why, with a league that would absolutely love for that to happen, it never has.

We know damn well that if a woman was placed on the roster tomorrow it would be a diversity agenda publicity stunt. I'm sure you and a good deal of others would consider that 54 ERA a success for some fantasyland bullshit you want to make up because narrative comes first, but any rational person knows well that's not competitive. Can't wait for the next absurdist spin.

[packs]

You keep saying placed on a roster and eluding to publicity stunts which has to mean you aren't considering a woman playing her way onto a team. It makes it very difficult to have a conversation about competitiveness when you don't allow any space for a person to be skilled.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

You keep saying placed on a roster and eluding to publicity stunts which has to mean you aren't considering a woman playing her way onto a team. It makes it very difficult to have a conversation about competitiveness when you don't allow any space for a person to be skilled.

For the 50th time, if a woman could play at that level, it would have happened. The league and the media would absolutely love the ability to have a diversity push and talk about how great this is and forward thinking and inclusive they are. The ONLY reason for it not to happen is that it will be an embarrassment, and almost everyone knows it. Women cannot play competitively with men in most sports and physical activities for the obvious physiological reasons. It is a simple and blatantly obvious fact everyone was aware of until the PC crowd decided they didn't like reality. I'm sorry reality does not mesh with your agenda and what you want to find. It is very difficult to have a conversation when you deny objective reality.

[Peter_Spaeth]

There is a gender gap. There just is. And it's wider the more a sport involves physical contact with the opponent. It's not comparable to the gap between a stronger or weaker NBA player. It's a difference of kind, not degree. As mentioned, even in an individual sport not involving contact or really strength, and even though she is probably by a wide margin the greatest female athlete ever, Katie Ledecky is still 6 percent or in the case of some distances 7 percent slower than the best male. That's a lot. Appreciate the great women athletes for what they are. Full stop.

[jayshum]

Kelsie Whitmore has played on the Staten Island FerryHawks in the Atlantic League during the past 2 seasons. Her stats have not been impressive so she doesn't look likely to be playing at a higher level.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsie_Whitmore

[Casey2296]

As an addition to this thought experiment: what if the first woman in Major League Baseball is a man masquerading as a woman, who has invaded the collegiate women's spaces, but has a devastating curve ball and a monster slider?
Would the DEI folks head explode?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Polly came from Miami, FLA
Hitchiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she