by John Hinderaker
We have followed (here and here) the story of the Champlin Park, Minnesota girls’ softball team, which was powering its way to the state title game behind the heroics of a six-foot tall pitcher who, until age nine, was named Charles.
Charles became a girl, Marissa, and Champlin Park became state champion last night, behind yet another shutout performance by its star fastballer, Marissa Rothenberger. The linked Star Tribune story says nothing about the controversy over Rothenberger’s participation in girls’ sports:
While the Rebels were building their lead, junior pitcher Marissa Rothenberger was shutting down the Jefferson hitters. She threw all seven innings, surrendered three hits, struck out six and didn’t walk a batter. Rothenberger was the winner in all three Rebels games at state.
While the local press continued its practice of covering up, not covering, the news, national and international commentators took note. Riley Gaines, today’s foremost advocate for women’s sports, tweeted:
This brought an over-the-top rejoinder from gymnast Simone Biles:
It is perhaps worth noting that various organizations have tried to solve the problem by adding a “transgender” category of competition, but it hasn’t worked because no one joined it.
Biles went on to insult Gaines’s appearance, which seems like a mistake:
I can attest to that. When I met Riley, I was surprised that she wasn’t bigger. I assumed that height would be an advantage in making turns in the pool, and she likely would be 5’9″ or 5’10”. But no.
Why liberals, and athletes like Biles, persist in going down with the “trans” ship is something of a mystery. Even in Minnesota, where fads tend to last longer than most places, voters are 55% to 40% in favor of banning biological men (redundant, I know) from women’s sports. And in most places the discrepancy is considerably greater. It is similar to the question why Democratic Party politicians and judges are determined advocates for Central American gang members, human traffickers and pedophiles. I can’t explain it, I just hope they keep it up.
UPDATE: XX-XY Athletics, founded by Jennifer Sey, already has a new ad out, based on the controversy:
