Person of the Week: Chelsea Baker Takes Little League by Storm

July 23, 2010— -- Chelsea Baker didn't want to wear diamonds -- she wanted to rule them.

"[My mom] thought I was going to be like a girl that's always in beauty pageants and stuff," Baker said.

"She told me at age 5 she would do one," said Missy Baker Mason, Chelsea's mother. "She did pretty good. I thought she was the most beautiful, but she didn't win."

Baker was more concerned with winning on a field than on a stage, turning to T-ball soon after. Now, at age 13, she has established herself as one of the best Little League pitchers in the country.

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"A lot of kids, when they see a girl on the mound or me, they always say, 'Hey, look it's a girl,' and they try so hard that they miss the ball every time," Baker said.

The Plant City, Fla., native has not lost a single sanctioned Little League game in four years. And in the past two seasons, she has pitched two perfect games, one of which was an all-star game.

This year, Baker posted a 12-0 record, striking out more than 120 batters over 60 innings.

"She got me on the two fastballs, and I didn't know she had a knuckle-curve and then the knuckle came in and it was just so dirty," said an opponent. "I didn't know what to say."

With her fastball coming in at about 65 miles per hour, opponents see Baker as "unhittable." She's also been known to make some of them cry with her unbelievable knuckleball.

"Oh, I struck him out," said Baker, referring to a distraught player leaving the diamond.