Baker mostly threw knuckleballs to the Rays and made quite a few of them swing and miss. In the process, Baker became the youngest woman ever to throw MLB batting practice.
Baker has played baseball since she was 5 years old, sticking with it after realizing she was better than her brothers. It also didn't hurt that Baker was coached in Little League by the late Joe Niekro, a knuckleball specialist.
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