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more about #baseball more comments → TheBeamishSnark: I hate the 'we can't push change, people aren't ready argument.' Many people weren't ready for civil rights, for female suffrage, for an end to child ... more » suzannelb: In my hometown, Little League didn't start until age 8; you had to play T-ball until then. Softball, however, started at age 6, and I was ALL OVER THA... more » Fatwetdog: My dad was an executive secretary of HEW under Ford, so he sent out the Title IX letters. At my mom's 20-year college reunion, the college's longtime ... more » lalie (apologetic mess): I had a soccer coach in grade school that insisted on spelling my friend Erin's name "Aaron" and my name "Loren". Then again, he also thought women s... more » RStewie: One of my co-workers is a Deep South, Republican, Conservative, White Male; backs Bush, can justify Guantanamo, the whole bit...but he is a rampant Fe... more » Lilah: In the 1970s my dad sued the state of Illinois on behalf of a group of women college athletes right before Title IX was established at the federal lev... more » Flackette Goes Retro: Ugh. I was a tee-ball player in the early/mid 80s, and when I came back for my second season I was the only girl on the ostensibly co-ed team. The boy... more » Memnon: This only works until they get to a certain age then boys and girls can't mix on the playfield due to the differences in physical strength. #girlssports more » sportz.star: I'm just older than the millenials, and my parents are were teens in the 60s. Dad made sure I played softball, soccer (on a co-ed team), skied and co... more » EkaterinaBallerina: It occurred to me not long ago how much my father made it a point during my childhood to remind me I could do anything. I hiked, rock-climbed, skied, ... more » badmutha: (sigh) I love progressive liberalism. #girlssports more » la.donna.pietra: It's nice to hear someone claim that kids are nice, friendly, and cooperative for a change. #girlssports more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Rarely has American culture moved towards progress in a majority. It's usually a small minority dragging the rest, kicking and screaming. I don't know... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Hey, good for them! Let's all give 'em a good old Bronx cheer! #yankeesworldseries more » BicSharpie: As a Yankee fan, I am incredibly jazzed over the win. As a fan of prosperity and freedom, I am ecstatic. The last Yankee dynasty coincided with a peri... more » -
#littleleaguebigimpact
What Girls On Sports Teams Teach Boys — And Dads
"I'm very much a Title IX dad," writes Mark Schmitt, and his sweet discussion of his 8-year-old daughter's Little League career encompasses not only girls and sports, but also the state of modern liberalism. More » -
#leftovers
Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
• Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh report that girls at "weight extremes" - i.e. overweight or underweight - are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than their "normal weight" peers. • More » -
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#leftovers
Former Cop Charged With Raping His Twin's Girlfriend • Scots To Start Sex Ed At Age 4
• A former policeman from Connecticut has been charged with raping his brother's girlfriend by impersonating his twin. The victim was initially fooled, but noticed during the rape that he lacked a tattoo. She says Rohrig continued the assualt. • More » -
#playball
Buy Me Some Peanuts And...Yoga Mats?
The L.A. Dodgers are currently experimenting with a marketing program that aims to reach out to female fans by offering such fare as yoga nights and "Stitch N' Pitch" evenings at the ballpark. But is it really necessary? More » -
#clips
Catch (And Release) Of The Day: Girl Gives Back Ball From Dad
Well, they say that diamonds are a girl's best friend. (Here's dad talking the next day.) [Breitbart] -
#littleleague
Greatest Hits
This week, 13-year-old Katie Reyes became the first girl in five years to score a hit in the Little League World Series. The Canadian player was one of only two girls playing in the series this year. Video here: [ESPN] -
#aleagueoftheirown
"One Of Feminism's Stickiest Subjects": The Sports Question
Writes Judy Berman in Salon, "Although women's bodies can do incredible, unique things of their own (childbirth, anyone?), men seem to have a biological advantage when it comes to feats of strength and speed." But of course it's more complicated:
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