I had the chance to do a 10 Burning Questions with Brandi Chastain and asked her about the nude photo shoot she did for Gear magazine. Women's athletics are right there we just need the attention and exposure. There are so many similarities between these sports. That helps us the same way it helps the WNBA to have the NBA behind them. And it's great to hear that our sport really interests them. It's great that we have been able to earn the respect of baseball players. It's amazing how many of them will come up to me and say, 'Jennie, we watched you guys (Arizona/USA women's softball) on TV.' I'm like, 'You did? You watched us?!' Because we're usually the ones watching them. I've been traveling around, anchoring for 'This Week in Baseball,' which allows me to talk to Major League Baseball players. I think we need everything we can get.Īnything else going on to help the cause? Do you think this will help the fastpitch softball cause?įinch: Definitely. These polls have brought you a ton of attention. I hear you have the same agent as David Wells, who can toss a perfect game when he's still hung over from the night before. My job is to make the USA team, his job is to figure out all that good stuff. I mean, I hope so, but that's what I have an agent for. So now that you are officially the hottest female athlete, do you think you'll be able to nab some more endorsement deals?Īn agent is all that David Wells and Jennie Finch have in common.įinch: I don't know. Yes, I would vote for Alex.įinch: I actually didn't vote. I got the chance to interview him last weekend for 'This Week in Baseball.' Whoo. Will Jennie Finch's new title as the Hottest Female Athlete allow her to follow in Anna Kournikova's footsteps as a celebrity endorser? business reporter Darren Rovell investigates Finch's potential as a pitcher off the field.įinch: I voted for Alex Rodriquez. All his buds were asking him, 'So how many times did you voteįor Jennie in the poll?' But he thought it was funny. Some of the guys were messing around with him at the field. You have to see it!' I guess he had gotten a bunch of phone calls about it so he finally went and looked.ĭid your fiancé (minor-league pitcher Casey Daigle) check it out?įinch: Yes, he saw it. He called me, all excited: 'Jennie, do you know what's going on?' I was like, 'No, dad, what's going on?' He said, 'You need to go to and check it out. So with much regret, and a few marriage proposals to pass along, we sent 's Mary Buckheit, a former college shortstop at Siena, up to the plate for 10 Burning Questions.ġ.

But with the office's male population reduced to incoherent babbling at the sight of her photo gallery, the task called for someone capable of withstanding the hurler's heat. She breezed through the preliminary round, edging out her closest competitor by nearly 100,000 votes, and then trounced Anna in head-to-head competition.Īfter watching her vanquish a legend, we knew Jennie's story needed to be told. But Jennie had no trouble playing the role of spoiler in our competition. In the most stunning upset this side of Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson - and this one was a heck of a lot more fun to watch - fastpitch softball star Jennie Finch dethroned Anna Kournikova as 's Hottest Female Athlete.įinch isn't used to losing: She helped capture the gold medal at the 2002 World Softball Championships and led her Arizona Wildcats to a the 2001 national title. Out with the old! Jennie Finch is the new Hottest Female Athlete. When it comes to certainties in life, you've got death, taxes and the resounding popularity of Anna Kournikova with the male population.

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