Olivia Pichardo First Female in Division I College Baseball

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Olivia Pichardo is the first female to play Division I baseball, making the Brown University baseball team as a walk-on. Her freshman season was rocky, with one at-bat as a pinch hitter, but she is undeterred. "I wasn't telling myself the odds. I was just telling myself that I was going to make the team," Pichardo said.

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So, the 'best of best' of the female baseball players basically had a single at bat in her first year - playing for a program that has put exactly 1 player into the majors since WW2.

This is not a knock on Olivia - I am sure she is a great person. But, it 100% shows the need for separate leagues for biological women because they cannot compete with males in a vast majority of sports.

#1 | Posted by Claudio at 2023-05-24 11:51 PM | Reply

playing for a program that has put exactly 1 player into the majors since WW2.

#1 | POSTED BY CLAUDIO

I'm not sure if you know this, but less than 2% of college athletes go pro.

Anyway.

Tell us about your glorious NCAA D1 career.

Then share your hall of Fame induction speech.

#2 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2023-05-25 08:29 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Her "first pitch" was a disaster.

If that's D1 quality, I am MLB player.
youtube.com

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2023-05-25 08:51 AM | Reply

If that's D1 quality, I am MLB player.

#3 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Uh...

She went into a game to pinch hit.

I don't know where she plays defensively, but if she's pinch hitting she's not a pitcher.

You don't even know how the basics of the game and you think you are better than she is.

LOL

#4 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2023-05-25 09:04 AM | Reply

brownbears.com

#5 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2023-05-25 09:07 AM | Reply

Her "first pitch" was a disaster.
If that's D1 quality, I am MLB player.
youtube.com
#3 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Here you go, dumbass. The video is of her pitching against the Canadian National Team.

oliviabaseball.com

She has a decent arm. In fact, she also plays in a men's league and there is video of it.

#6 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-05-25 09:52 AM | Reply

it 100% shows the need for separate leagues for biological women

Why do righties constantly whine about trannies in women's sports?

You don't watch women's sports. You don't give a ---- what happens in women's sports.

Politically, you attack women every chance you can get. You don't give a ---- about women, their rights, or how they experience life.

Ultimately, you just use women's sports as a vehicle to attack trannies.

#7 | Posted by JOE at 2023-05-25 09:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Newsworthy.

But let's retire the use of "trannies" in polite conversation. Granted I know you're just speaking to conservatives in a language you know they'll easily understand.

#8 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2023-05-25 10:08 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Without a doubt, she's better at baseball than me lol

#9 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2023-05-25 03:29 PM | Reply