Australia’s baseball prodigy has a fastball that could take her to the major league | Erin Delahunty
06-05-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com

Australia’s baseball prodigy has a fastball that could take her to the major league | Erin Delahunty

As the world’s fastest female pitcher, 18-year-old Genevieve Beacom is smashing norms and fielding interest from US collegesAn Australian baseball prodigy believed to be the fastest female pitcher on the planet is fielding interest from US colleges and quietly dreaming of becoming the first woman to pitch in Major League Baseball.Genevieve Beacom, 18, a left-hand pitcher with a 138kph fastball and mean curveball, who last year became the first female to play for a professional team in Aust
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