On Friday, Mo'Ne pitched a shutout in her team's first game in the series against Nashville. A shutout!!! She is the first girl to pitch a shutout in Little League World Series history.
And she is pretty much just the coolest:
In interviews, Davis comes across quiet but confident, preternaturally unruffled even as she makes history.From the New York Times' coverage of Mo'Ne's shutout:
In one memorable bon mot she described her pitching thusly: "I throw my curveball like Clayton Kershaw and my fastball like Mo'ne Davis." She admitted to a flurry of nerves before Friday's opener, but those nerves did not reveal themselves in the box score. Davis does this as if she's done this before. When Davis was asked by ESPN post game how she dealt with excess media fascination, she had a perfect answer.
"I can always say no," Davis said.
"Could she live up to the hype? Yes." Hell yes she could.
Even as I want to unreservedly celebrate this magical moment for this extraordinary athlete, I feel like I want to protect her. I want her to be so well supported no matter what she chooses to do with her life, even if it's not sports. I want her to always feel like she can say no.
Go get 'em, Mo'Ne.
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