Who's The Best Female Pitcher? |
LyricsWHO?S THE BEST FEMALE PITCHER?CHORUS WHO?S THE BEST FEMALE PITCHER THERE EVER WAS? JACKIE MITCHELL! JACKIE MITCHELL BECAUSE AT SEVENTEEN SHE STRUCK OUT INEQUALITY TEACHING WOMEN TO BE ALL THEY COULD BE JACKIE ONCE STRUCK OUT NINE MEN IN A ROW THEN CAME THE DAY SHE FACED MURDERER?S ROW THE NEW YORK YANKEES BARNSTORMED INTO TOWN THEY WON THE GAME BUT THEY LEFT WITH A FROWN PITCHING FOR A MEN?S TEAM FROM TENNESEE JACKIE MITCHELL MADE BASEBALL HISTORY IN THE FIRST INNING JACKIE WALKED TO THE MOUND SIXTY FEET AWAY THE BABE TOWERED ABOVE GROUND WITH A SIDE ARM MOTION SHE THREW HER SINKER BALL TWICE THE SULTAN OF SWAT SWATTED NOTHING AT ALL HER LAST BALL CAUGHT THE CORNER OF THE PLATE STRUCK OUT BY A WOMAN WAS THE BABE?S FATE! REPEAT CHORUS LOU GEHRIG THE IRON HORSE CAME UP TO BAT THREE TIMES HE FANNED AND DOWN HE SAT THE CROWD CHEERED THERE WAS PLENTY OF TALK UP STEPPED LAZZERI WHO ESCAPED WITH A WALK SOME SAY JACKIE MITCHELL WAS BORN TOO SOON FOR THE NEXT DAY THEY PRICKED JACKIE?S BALLOON LANDIS CANCELLED HER CONTRACT FOR DOUBLE A THEN TOOK AWAY THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO PLAY THERE?S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! POUTING?S FINE AS LONG AS MEN HAVE THE SOLE RIGHT TO WHINE THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR WOMEN IN THE MEN?S GAME OUR HEROES COULDN?T BE SHAMED BY A DAME! REPEAT CHORUS Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road music publisher BMI and copyright owner C 2005 |
| Song Length: 3:25 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
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