Jennie Finch

The scene's been played out several times to the same result. Jennie Finch, visiting with a Major League team as part of her This Week in Baseball hosting duties, eventually has several players take a whirl and try to hit the her best pitches.

Finch takes the softball, whips one of her fastballs or 'riseballs,' and the Major Leaguer weakly fouls it off. Or he swings and misses. Or sometimes he won't even swing. Major Leaguers can't hit Jennie Finch, and no else can, either.

Finch shot to fame as the country's most dominant pitcher with the University of Arizona in 2001 when she led the Wild Cats to the 2001 NCAA title and went 32-0, an NCAA record for wins in a season without a loss. At one point Finch won 60 straight games, another NCAA record.

Finch has become one of the most recognizable athletes in the United States, and her popularity has only increased since she left college. TWIB hosting duties, endorsements and tournaments have kept her in the public eye. She went 2-0 and helped the U.S. win a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Her fame and the rising popularity of softball helped the National Pro Fastpitch League start up again recently.

• Born September 3, 1980 in Bellflower, California
• Two-time winner of Honda Award as nation's best softball player (2001-02)
• Two-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year
• Three-time first-team All-American
• No. 27 retired by Arizona
• When she wasn't pitching at Arizona, Finch played first base or was the designated hitter
• Ranks seventh in Arizona history with 50 home runs
• Currently pitches for the Chicago Bandits of the NPF
• NPF's Co-Pitcher of the Year with Bandits teammate Lauren Bay in 2005
• Married to Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Casey Daigle