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When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

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Jennie Finch
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 3
Softball Player
La Mirada
California
Jennie Lynn Finch
Championship
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College was the greatest four years of my life.
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The attention I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me. It's nice that people are accepting beautiful women as athletes. It's encouraging to girls that muscles don't mean you can't be beautiful.
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It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.
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