Pitch

A young pitcher adjusts to life in the spotlight after making history as the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

Mouse over thumbnail for slideshow

Or scroll and see one by one:

a slightly bigger scale.

#2 #3

Stay with me.

#4

I'm just here because of all that.

#5

this is a spot starter called up from Triple A

#6 #7

Forty-three?

#8

She's not Nolan Ryan, she's a number five starter

#9

- Thank you. - Dinner?

#10

I should tell you, I have your rookie card.

#11 #12 #13

- They're huge! - They're special is what they are.

#14

You don't think she actually sticks, do you?

#15

in the San Diego Padres' bullpen

#16 #17

Okay, man, go ahead.

#18

Nectarines.

#19

around the ball.

#20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29

Please just leave me be.

#30 #31

It was, yes. She crushed my bullpen. Those guys

#32

But Baker starts again in five days.

#33 #34

People want to know.

#35 #36

I'll just be over here.

#37

Think you need it for the legacy,

#38

Well, in the words of that great American poet,

#39 #40 #41 #42

in the crowd with their Ginny Baker signs.

#43

Here's a 2-0 pitch.

#44 #45

There's nowhere to put him, you know he's thinking fastball.

#46 #47

And as long as you're gonna be sticking around,

#48 #49 #50