I constantly heard this phrase growing up, ironically thrown around between boys as a taunt to get under the other’s skin.
I never really thought much of it and honestly forgot about it until today, when I saw my neighbor try and throw a ball to his dog.
Whaaa? I thought.
Then he threw it again. (Not a fluke) – This guy has no clue how to throw a ball!
That’s when the phrase came back to me and for the first time since I was a child, and it didn’t make any sense.
I asked my girlfriend who played softball through college and then was paid to umpire for a few years after that, “Why do people say someone throws like a girl? In reality he throws like someone who just plain can’t throw. What do girls have to do with it?
Most of what I got in response was a Yeah and a duh. (Probably not in that order)
Of course girls can throw, just like boys. Have you ever seen women play fast-pitch on ESPN?
They can definitely throw!
