![]() ![]() When you’re involved in sports you just have that much great chance of being successful and living a healthy lifestyle.Īnd I think learning things at a young age you can carry that with you forever. Grade point averages are, you know, higher. ![]() Why is it important for young girls to get involved in sports? The following is an edited version of the interview: With baseball season right around the corner, CNN jumped at the chance to ask Finch more about how she stays fit, the future of competitive softball and why we don’t watch professional women’s sports. I know how important it is to keep moving.” “There’s nothing better than working up a good sweat,” Finch says. Starting dead last, Finch passed 30,397 people on her way to the finish line, earning more than $30,000 for charity. In November, four months after giving birth to son Diesel, she ran the New York City Marathon. She and her husband, professional baseball pitcher Casey Daigle, live on a farm in Sulphur, Louisiana.īut that doesn’t mean Finch has slowed down any. Getty Imagesįinch retired from softball in 2010 at the ripe-old age of 29 to raise her son Ace, now 5 years old. Her annual softball camps are now filled with girls who have mounds of dirt under their prettily painted fingernails.įinch pitches on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Augin China. Finch showed it was cool to “ Throw Like a Girl,” not so coincidentally the name of her new book. Her love for hair ribbons and the color pink also made her a fan favorite. Her competitive nature aided her on the field her polite optimism helped her off of it. She then led Team USA to two world championships and two Olympic medals – a gold in Athens in 2004 and a silver in Beijing.įinch became the face of fast-pitch softball as the sport’s popularity grew in America and abroad. ![]() Finch, a two-time Olympic softball player, is arguably one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the sport.Īs a senior at the University of Arizona she set a NCAA record with 60 consecutive wins (hitting 50 home runs along the way). But first you have to believe in yourself.’” And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, ‘If you want it bad enough, and you’re willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. “When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher,” Finch continues. The camera is finally off, and although her heart-shaped face was made for TV, it’s easy to see she’s more comfortable now that she’s not reciting lines in front of the blinking red light. Jennie Finch speaks gently from an overstuffed chair in the CNN newsroom. Q: Women in sports have made strides over the past few years.“It’s so empowering to see yourself as a machine.” Every year is so different and every year is great to play in. Turning a double play with Ozzie Smith and then with Snoop Dog, that year was especially fun. Q: What’s your favorite MLB All-Star Weekend memory?Ī: Steve Harvey, playing softball with him was really cool. It was my first time at Coors Field yesterday, my husband (Casey Daigle) pitched here….It’s great to be back and great to be around people celebrating the game of baseball. I couldn’t be more thrilled to see people I haven’t seen in awhile, to see crowds, to see fans - Denver is a beautiful place to be right now, too. It’s one of my favorite events of the year that I look forward to. Q: What’s it like being back in a big event such as the MLB All-Star Weekend and interacting with fans?Ī: It’s been an incredible week. She conducts softball camps across the country and has her own softball academy in Flemington, New Jersey called the JF Softball Academy. After retiring from softball in 2010, Finch was named a Youth Softball Ambassador for the MLB to help grow softball and baseball for young athletes. Olympic team to the gold medal in Athens. The softball legend played for Arizona from 1999-2002, where she was a Women’s College World Series champion and named a collegiate All-American in 2001. Jennie Finch is one of the most well-known softball players in the world. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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