Our [softball] team usually puts the other woman at second base, where the
maximum possible number of males can get there on short notice to help out in
case of emergency. As far as I can tell, our second basewoman is a pretty good
baseball player, better than I am, anyway, but there's no way to know for sure
because if the ball gets anywhere near her, a male comes barging over from, say,
right field, to deal with it. She's been on the team for three seasons now, but
the males still don't trust her. They know, deep in their souls, that if she
had to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she
probably would elect to save the infant's life, without ever considering whether
there were men on base. - Dave Barry, "Sports Is A Drag"