If you haven’t heard about Mo’ne Davis, she’s a powerhouse pitcher in the Little League World Series, going on now in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. While Little League baseball has allowed girls to play since 1974, none have garnered as much publicity as Davis, and few have been so damned good. Davis is so popular she’s even gracing this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated, the first Little Leaguer ever to do so:

How about that?

But the best part of the rise of Mo’ne, and the Taney Dragons, has to be this quote. When asked to compare herself to Major League pitchers, Davis had this to say:

“I throw my curveball like Clayton Kershaw and my fastball like Mo’ne Davis.”

Bad. Ass. Mo’ne is expected to start Taney’s next game against Las Vegas, tonight at 7:30 Eastern. You can catch it live on ESPN.

If you’ve got seven and a half minutes and want to see something ridiculously awesome and inspirational, watch this video of Kacy Catanzaro beating the crap out of the “American Ninja Warrior” obstacle course.¹ As the link notes:

Don’t worry, you don’t have to have seen American Ninja Warrior before to enjoy this clip. The insane difficulty will be instantly evident.

If you can watch the ring toss section and not be impressed, well, I don’t even know what to say to you. For more on Catanzaro, Vulture also has a brief interview.

Footnotes:

1. The video is archived here. ↩︎