There was a bit of levity surrounding a pitcher for the Washington National baseball team a few days ago. Phenom rookie, Stephen Strasburg, was scratched as a starting pitcher and replaced by journeyman 39-year old hurler, Miguel Batista. Understand that the mere mention of Strasburg's name in the line up draws a packed house of 40,000. As Batista took the mound in the first inning he was soundly booed; not because he was hated but that Strasburg wasn't in the rotation. At the conclusion of the game won by Batista who pitched a masterful three hitter, he was asked by reporters his reaction to the derision he met. His answer: "It's understandable. When a person expects to see Miss Universe then they get Miss Iowa". "Uh-oh! This could have gotten quite ugly. When the reigning Miss Iowa USA, Katherine Conners, was asked about how she felt her response was, "It doesn't bother me. I'll wait judgement until I see Batista walking down a pageant runway." The Nationals baseball team invited Ms. Conners to throw out the first pitch to the offending ballplayer at last night's game and all had a good time. The story doesn't end there because me, being a die-hard Iowan, thought it'd be nice to show a picture of what the average Iowa farm girl looks like. Ms. Conners, by the way, graduated from Assumption High School in Davenport in 2007. My six degrees of separation is that I was the boys head basketball coach at Assumption in the mid-70's.
So, for all you folks who slam corn fed females from the Hawkeye State---weep not for me but for yourselves. Ain't too shabby, is she?
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