OT: Did you catch the pilot episode of Pitch

[Snapolit1]

If you watch this gladiator type show on now with men and women doing insane stuff (my kids love it), it's remarkable what athletes and how strong some of these woman are. The idea that they couldn't have the skills to be a major league second baseman or first baseman is laughable. I'd like to see Lucas Duda doing some of the things these women do.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

The idea that they couldn't have the skills to be a major league second baseman or first baseman is laughable.

I don't know that having doubt that a woman can play in the MAJOR LEAGUES is all that laughable. It is 2016 and no woman has ever come anywhere close to doing so so until someone proves otherwise I think most will have their doubts. Again, we are talking the Major Leagues here not the minors, I'm sure there are some great athletes that could potentially break into the minors.

Then again based on what everyone is saying in this thread I should just sit back and wait as apparently it is a foregone conclusion that it will happen. I guess I'm being laughable to doubt it!

[bravos4evr]

The things working against a woman in MLB are simply a numbers game:

How many women play baseball at a continuous and high enough level for a long enough period of time to develop? very few as they tend to play softball and adjust

Of those women who DO play baseball, how many of them are going to have the overall talent level to even be draft worthy? very few as the law of averages tells us that the smaller the sample size the lower the chance for extreme results. if you have a draft pool of 10 the odds of excellence are lower than a draft pool of 10,000.

Of those women who ARE drafted how many are going to fight off injuries, slumps, lack of development, jolts in the level of opposing talent...etc to reach the major leagues? once again, very very low chance as the total numbers involved would be so low as the odds of making it are pretty much nil. Heck the odds of being a top 100 prospect and sticking long term as an avg major leaguer are like 25% or something like that.

IMO, the problem is numbers. Women don't play baseball when younger very often and because softball is a scholarship sport for women in NCAA it would seem to work against their own best interest to do so. their skill sets tend to lean towards pitching but where are they going to develop overhand pitching skills ? and IF a woman did get drafted, the odds for her advancement are very low.

Not to mention that any sane front office who wants to "break the wall" so to speak MUST advance a quality player. If she comes up and is awful....well