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[–]MarkTwainiac 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Little League Baseball has been "inclusive" of both sexes since 1974. Since then, more than 11,040 boys have made it to the LLB World Series. And 19 girls.

[–]Omina_SentenziosaSarcastic Ovalord 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Obviously the girls need to work harder to be better, that' s the only possible explanation for that!!!! 😒😒😒

[–]worried19 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

In fairness, there might have been more girls if girls were actually encouraged to play Little League. Most girls are told to play softball instead. I was the only girl on any of my Little League teams as a kid. I never saw another female player.

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Little League has Tee Ball, Softball and Baseball divisions. Tee Ball and Baseball are open to both sexes, as Softball originally was when LL became allowed girls to join in 1974. However, in the Tee Ball stage, most girls ended up going in the direction of softball, whilst most boys chose baseball. Now, LL Softball is a protected division exclusively for females, starting at age 4 through 16. However, LL BB of all age categories is still open to both sexes. This is how most sports are: the girls' sports are female-only, the "boys' sports" are open to both sexes.

[–]Omina_SentenziosaSarcastic Ovalord 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's true, but I doubt the numbers would be even anyway. A bit better for sure, but not that much better. I don't remember where I saw it, but there were videos of high school teenagers easily beating female Olympionic athletes, I doubt it would be much different in this case.

[–]worried19 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think the numbers would be even, but for sure there would be more girls. Especially since Little League only goes up to age 12.

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)