Clare
just sent me a clip from a Saturday Night Live skit that first ran in
April. It’s a nice takeoff on “A League
of Their Own.”
Five Rockford Peaches are debating whether
women can play baseball. As soon as they
decide, Yes, they can, two black women walk over and ask if they can play. One of the Peaches explains that it’ll be a
gradual process. First, white women will
play, then black men, “Then all women are allowed to play underhand with the
big softball, like a child.”
Finally, just as the Peaches
are ready to accept black teammates, the Peaches’ manager announces the good
news: “The war’s over, the men are
coming home, so get off the damn’ field and never come back.” That’s pretty much what happened, and it
seems to be how MLB wants to keep things, Jessica Mendoza in the broadcast booth
notwithstanding. I’m surprised the
commissioner’s office didn’t go after SNL for smearing the national
pastime. Trust me, guys, the truth will
set you free.
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