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Softball Fight Between Furman, Western Carolina Fans Is Embarrassing, Amusing

Softball fights -- it seems like the most unlikely of word combos, especially when you're talking about a game between Western Carolina and Furman, two small Southern Conference schools. But a closed circuit television (via Busted Coverage) captured a fight in the stands recently and, naturally, there's YouTubage of it, about 25 seconds in. And yes, that meathead-looking-dude in the purple shirt on the left is the mother of a player.

Attractive Olympian: Team USA Pitcher and Legendary Hottie Jennie Finch

Olympic athletes often don't get paid to do anything other than look good. In that vein, Attractive Olympians handicaps which athletes may rake in endorsement deals after the Olympics.

Get to Know Jennie Finch

Jennie Finch struck out 10 en route to a perfect game April 19 against Louisiana-Lafayette in a pre-Olympic exhibition tour. It's just the latest feat for Finch, who many consider the most famous softball player of all time.

Crystal LoGiudice, US Presswire

Finch had a 2-0 record in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece. She struck out 13 batters over eight innings in that tournament while only giving up one hit, leading the American team to the gold medal.

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She appeared on the July 2005 cover of Sports Illustrated as part of the SI Summer Party edition, but turned down a lucrative contract to appear nude for Playboy, saying that she would "rather be a role model for young girls."

Sports Illustrated

Finch has also made a few reality TV performances, appearing in an episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County and as a contestant on the new celebrity edition of The Apprentice.

Tommy Baynard, NBC

Finch lasted until the fourth episode of Celebrity Apprentice, competing against other stars like country singer Trace Adkins, but she was fired in the fourth episode on January 24.

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Finch has made her presence felt in the big leagues, participating on the Legends Team at the 2005 Legends/Celebrity Game as part of the All-Star festivities at Comerica Park.

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Finch regularly hosts TV segments for "This Week In Baseball" where she's seen pitching to major league baseball players, throwing from the same distance she would in a softball game.

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Finch defeated Anna Kournikova in an ESPN online poll in 2003 as the most attractive female athlete. Like Kournikova, she has modeled swimwear for the SI Swimsuit Edition in 2005-06.

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Along with teammate Lisa Fernandez, left, Finch received an award for Best Female Olympic Performance at the 13th Annual ESPY Awards in 2005.

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At the 2002 ESPY Awards, Finch was considered the "best dressed" at the show. She wore a black and rhinestone evening gown she helped design, which upstaged the likes of Vivica A. Fox and supermodel Carol Alt.

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No discussion of attractive Olympians could be complete -- or perhaps even started -- without adequate mention of Team USA pitcher Jennie Finch. The former Arizona great (her number 27 was retired there in 2003) posted a 2-0 record and allowed only one hit in 13 innings during the U.S.'s gold medal run in Athens in 2004, and she'll look to duplicate that success in Beijing.

The rest you probably know: an appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, her marriage to Twins pitcher Casey Daigle, a son named Ace born in 2006, TV appearances on Pros vs Joes and the celebrity edition of The Apprentice (she got fired), and regular on-camera work for ESPN.

But is she attractive? Well, yes. Definitively so. But that won't stop us from encouraging you to vote in our poll after the jump, where pleasant things like photos of her in evening wear reside. Thanks, Getty Images!

Attractive Olympian: American Softball Player Natasha Watley

Olympic athletes often don't get paid to do anything other than look good. In that vein, Attractive Olympians handicaps which athletes may rake in endorsement deals after the Olympics.

Natasha Watley, Team USA's shortstop and a four-time first-team All-America at UCLA, moved seamlessly from the college game to international competition. In 2003, she led the Bruins to a national championship while winning Pac-10 Player of the Year honors and the Honda-Broderick Cup for the top female athlete in any sport. A year later, she helped the Americans win their third straight gold medal in softball, hitting .400 with 10 RBI in nine games while breaking the Olympic record with five stolen bases in one Olympiad.

Watley may be a key component to the best softball team in the world, but she still hasn't passed muster with sports blog readers who only care about her looks. We at FanHouse have taken the necessary steps to alleviate this oversight; after the jump, examine the photographic evidence and judge Watley on her beauty by voting in our charmingly shallow poll.