Eri Yoshida play professionally in two countries. Her debut playing for the Chico Outlaws was on May 29, 2010. On Tuesday July 27, 2010, Yoshida made her first road start against the Victoria Seals of the independent Golden League in Victoria, British Columbia, making her the first woman in baseball history to pitch professionally in three different countries. Yoshida was honoured with a spot on "Venus Zine"'s "25 under 25" list of remarkable women for 2009. On August 21, 2010, she was the feature story on FOX Sports' "This Week In Baseball", where she was shown meeting her idol, Boston Red Sox
Knuckleball be contributing to its demise. Says Bob Humphrey, a former major-league knuckleball pitcher: "you just don't have time to mess with it." A fast-track scheme is developing, eliminating the knuckleballer pitcher's chief ally: time. Tom Candiotti said: "to get signed, you have to be impressive on the radar guns." The knuckleball takes time to master and is not an attractive pitch on the radar guns, both of which may be contributing to its demise. Perhaps as a result, knuckleball pitchers often view themselves as members of an exclusive club, with its own uniform number (49, first worn by Wilhelm) and