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Had to explain what lasagne was. Their idea is stodgy pasta with a spoonful of mince poured over the top. No cheese sauce/melted cheese. Only way to describe it was awful. The only upside is when I complained they didn't charge me!
I was frequent to this place for my lunches. I loved their pizzas and spinach salads.
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We like Amici's in Redwood Shores, and we often order takeout pizza. The pizza is very good, and my only issue is how they have it ready in less than 15 minutes from the initial call; I wonder how much of it is prepared beforehand, or cooked beforehand.
Tucked away in a shopping center, Amici's was a bit hard to find. We arrived for an early lunch and were very pleased with the menu selection and prompt service. Grilled veggies, pesto pasta and incredible pizzas and salads, something for everyone. The focaccia bread was delicious! Our server was helpful with our order and provided excellent service. We will...
Amici's have been in the neighborhood for years and we are all so grateful for this consistently good food. Restaurant is family friendly and a neighborhood favorite. Get's a little loud at times so don't go here for a quiet evening!
I've been a fan of Amici's for many years. My favorite pizza is their 'Boston'. I dine out but also get delivery and they are always prompt, courteous. Their green salad can serve 2.
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After years of build up, Koei Tecmo has released the very first footage forDead Or Alive Xtreme 3! Many gamers share fond memories of the previous iterations, especially the first title, Dead Or Alive XtremeVolleyball, as this was indeed thereason why some of us originally bought the first Xbox.
Notorious in it's promotional material and absolutely unabashed at what this title is about, DOAX3 carries on the tradition of this spin-off by taking the girls of Dead Or Alive and pitting them in a no holds barred beach vacation filled with mini-games designed to showcase the new technological advances of the series.Apparently there is volleyball or something ;)
By using the upgraded Soft Engine 2.0 for thePS4 Version (an improved breast engine based off Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round)and the Soft Engine Lite (PS Vita Version), 4 main changes have been made to the character models. New skin shaders give off a realistic andhealthy vibrancy, and breast physics have been fine tuned for maximum voluptuousness. As well,game changing booty physics have been fleshed out, along with the fact that no other game containssuch realistic tanning. The main stay Camera Mode also returns.
There are 9 characters in the roster, selected based on a popularity contest where the results were announced during the Toyko Game Show 2015:Marie Rose, Honoka, Kasumi, Ayane, Kokoro, Nyotengu, Hitomi, Momiji, and Helena Douglas complete the roster, with no plans for DLC.
Finally, Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 isa Japanese/Asian Region exclusive, although if a Western release happens,it will be an "adjusted" version. What this actually means though, is highly based on the assumption of censorship; in the meantime, this version is the only sure bet on the original xtreme experience.
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This being my second Dead or Alive game since Dead or Alive 5 on PS3, I can say I am pleased with this title. This game is simple in which it is completed by the use of mini games and purchasing items to increase one of the girls satisfaction rate.
Now even for it sounding simple, you have to take in consideration gifts are only helpful if it is something one of the girls like. Also it is good to note that during the coarse of your 14 day stay, difficulty changes with the girls you face for mini games. I do have to say that facing a team on volleyball on hard can be challenging as it is hard to get anything by them.
Mini games to play are as follow, butt battle & tug of war which ends after one person wins 3 times. Next we have beach flags which is a race to the flags, but make sure you don't jump the gun before the race starts. There is also pool hopping which can be solo or done verses another girl. Rock climbing comes next which is a good way to raise satisfaction and finally there is volleyball.
There are two modes, girl mode and owner mode. I am on my 3rd girl and I honestly don't see much more to do for owner mode than buying gifts and taking photos of the girls.
Also not to forget you can gamble at night at the casino before you call it a night. I personally like blackjack and poker.
Overall I think this is a good game. Yes it places style over substances but I welcome the tongue and cheek games style here.
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If you know what this is and seen any of the trailers or gameplay videos you're getting exactly what you paid for. Don't expect deep mechanics or a lot of different things to do.
You bought this game to watch the DOA ladies on a tropical vactaion and that's exactly what you get.
That said the mini games are surprisingly fun and this is probably one of the best, i f not the best beach volleyball game to exist.
If you have tochoose between the Vita and PS4 version definetely oick the PS$ version or the Saikyou package if you have the money. It comes with a lot of extra goodies and the nine posters that come with it are great.
Several American reviewers attempted to sabotage this game even though it wasn't being released outside of Asia/Japan. Those reviewers should be absolutely ashamed of themselves!
Yes, this game is about beautiful women that you can dress up in different swimsuits and take suggestive pictures of....so what? I think that is awesome! Just because it 'offends' you, that shouldn't give you the right to violate journalistic ethics when writing a review.
If you like watching beautiful women in bikinis and playing fun mini games with them, then this is definitely the game for you! 8.5/10.
It's all fun and games with the ladies, and you can perv out all you won't with no complaints. No angry boyfriends that will mutilate you ;). Just nice mini games for a little distraction. 10/10 woud play again and again and again.
This is the best game in the starter kit for "How to disappoint your parents"
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On the side note this game is really great the only disadvantage i faced is that the O and X are reversed due to the Japanese system, but you will get used to it in a little bit of gameplay. And the game is compatible with the Indian PS4 and i think it would work with all PS4's in the world.
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ALEXANDRIA DYESS, BY AND THROUGH HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ANDREA DYESS, PLAINTIFF,v.TEHACHAPI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
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This case was removed from Kern County Superior Court on the basis of federal question jurisdiction. Plaintiff Alexandria Dyess ("Alexandria"), through her guardian ad litem, alleges five claims for relief against Tehachapi Unified School District ("TUSD") and its employees Rick Cotta ("Cotta"), Ed Cheek ("Cheek"), Cary Johnson ("Johnson"), Beverly Thompson ("Thompson"), Richard Swanson ("Swanson"), Ms. Skaggs ("Skaggs"), Dan Ingraham ("Ingraham"), and Ms. Guy ("Guy").*fn1 Alexandria's claims stem from conduct by her former teacher Cotta and the defendants' reaction to Cotta's conduct. Defendant Cotta moves to dismiss several causes of action alleged against him under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). For the reasons that follow, Cotta's motion will be granted.
From the FAC,*fn2 during the 2007-2008 school year: Alexandria was a student at Tehachapi High School ("the School"), Johnson was the principal of the School, Cheek and Thompson were Vice Principals of the School, Swanson was the Superintendent of TUSD, Cotta was a teacher, (who apparently taught Introduction to Agriculture) at the School, Skaggs, Ingraham, and Guy, were teachers at the School. See FAC ¶¶4-15.
Alexandria alleges that prior to the date she was first sexually harassed by Cotta, Cotta had engaged in prior misconduct toward, or sexual harassment of, students, and particularly female students. See FAC ¶17. In December 2007, during Cotta's Introduction to Agriculture class, Alexandria was checking her grades at the back of the classroom, when Cotta approached Alexandria and placed his right hand across the front of Alexandria's body to her lower left hip and his left hand on her lower right hip, spun her around, and pulled Alexandria against his body. See FAC ¶24. Cotta then placed his forehead on her forehead. Id. Alexandria attempted to step back, and Cotta forcefully pulled her against his body. Alexandria pushed Cotta away and Cotta stated: "You touch me like that again and I will send you to the office for assault on a teacher." Id.
In January 2008, during Cotta's Introduction to Agriculture class, Cotta grabbed Alexandria from behind, placed his arms around her, under her arms, and placed his hands on her chest and breasts. Id. at ¶25. Alexandria turned around, pushed him away, and said "Stop, how many times do I have to tell you not to touch me," or words to that effect. Cotta became visibly angry but eventually retreated to his office. Id.
Later during January 2008, Cotta's Introduction to Agriculture class was canceled and Alexandria was transferred to Guy's Earth Science class. Id. at ¶26. Cotta would "hang out" in Guy's Earth Science class "in order to view, ogle and leer at Plaintiff." Id. Alexandria alleges that Guy did not report Cotta's conduct to law enforcement, TUSD, the School, or any other teacher.
Later in January 2008, Alexandria attended an event for the School's Future Farmers of America ("FFA"). Id. at ¶27. Approximately one day prior to the FFA trip, Alexandria, Brittney Ryan ("Ryan"), Brooke Broyles ("Broyles"), Amanda Ward ("Ward"), went to Ingraham and requested that they ride with him because they were uncomfortable with Cotta. Id. During a stop at an ice cream parlor after the event, Cotta took photographs of only the female FFA participants, including Ryan, Broyles, Ward, and Alexandria. Cotta "photographed the girls when they were bending over, when they were eating cherries, and under the table." Id. The females students asked Cotta to stop taking the photographs. Id. Cotta became angry and refused to stop taking the photographs. Id. Cotta then said that he wanted the females to ride in his van with him. Id. The female students instead rode with Ingraham, another teacher who was accompanying the trip. Id. Ingraham witnessed Cotta's behavior and did not report Cotta's conduct and did not report Alexandria and the other female students' concerns of Cotta to either TUSD, the School, or any teacher. Id.*fn3
During February 2008, Alexandria was in a School office that Cotta shared with Ingraham. Id. at ¶28. Cotta entered the office, grabbed, and squeezed Alexandria's arm, and shook her violently, leaving a bruise on her arm Id. Cotta again tried to touch Alexandria and Alexandria said "Don't touch me, don't you get it, I'm not comfortable around you." Id. Ingraham witnessed Cotta's actions and did not report Cotta's conduct to anyone. Id.
On or about February 13, 2008, James Dyess*fn4 , Alexandria's father, saw the bruise on Alexandria's arm and asked how she got the bruise. Id. at ¶30. Alexandria told her father for the first time that Cotta had grabbed and bruised her arm. Id. That afternoon, James asked Cheek to investigate the incident and Cheek said that he would look into it. Id.
On or about, February 14, 2008, James asked Cheek if had spoken to Cotta about the bruised arm incident. Id. at ¶31. Cheek said that he had not, but would do so "later that evening." Id. On or about February 19, 2008, Cheek informed Alexandria that she was suspended from school for the rest of the week because of a purported incident the prior week, when Alexandria had allegedly argued with two other students. Id. at ¶32. Later that day, James asked Cheek about the suspension and whether the other two students had been suspended. Cheek told James that it was none of his business. Id. James asked Cheek if he had spoken to Cotta. Id. Cheek said that he had not. Id. James asked to speak with Johnson and Cheek told James that Johnson was gone for the day. Id.
On or about February 20, 2008, James spoke with Johnson and told him about Alexandria's suspension. Id. at ¶33. Johnson responded that he had told Cheek to suspend all three students and asked Cheek if he had done so. Id. Cheek said "not yet." Id. James then told Johnson that Alexandria had told him about several incidents of sexual harassment involving Cotta. Id. The FAC alleges that James had told Cheek about the sexual harassment and that Cheek responded that he had not spoken to Cotta yet.*fn5 Id. Johnson told James that Alexandria needed to fill out a complaint form against Cotta. Id. Later that day, James turned in the completed form to Cheek. Id. James told Johnson that he had just given the form to Cheek. Id. Johnson said that he would look into it and get back to James. Id.
On or about April 4, 2008, James had not heard anything about the complaint against Cotta. Id. at ¶34. James emailed Johnson to inquire about the investigation. Id. On or about April 14, 2008, Johnson said that he had never received the complaint form but that he and Cheek had spoken with Cotta and that Cotta's "story was different from [Alexandria's']. Id. at ¶35.
On or about April 15, 2008, James emailed Swanson and informed him that: (1) Alexandria had submitted a complaint form against Cotta on February 20, 2008, for inappropriate touching and sexually harassing Alexandria; (2) on April 14, 2008, James emailed Johnson asking for a response; (3) on April 15, 2008, Johnson responded that he had never received the complaint form, but that he had spoken with Cotta and he had a different story than Alexandria; and (4) James requested a meeting with Swanson. Id. at ¶36.
On or about April 16, 2008, James and Alexandria met with Swanson and told him what had happened to Alexandria and the handling of her complaint. Id. at ¶37. Swanson said he would respond within twenty-four hours. Id.
On or about April 16, 2008, Alexandria met with Johnson and Thompson. Id. at ¶38. Johnson told Alexandria that his office had lost her complaint form but had just found it. Id. Alexandria told Johnson and Thompson about what Cotta had done to her. Id. Thompson told Alexandria that she was misunderstanding what Cotta had done and that Cotta was a nice man and was not going to hurt her. Id.
On or about April 18, 2008, Johnson told James that Cotta had admitted to grabbing Alexandria and resting his forehead against her forehead. Id. at ¶39. Johnson said that Cotta was in a lot of trouble and that paperwork was being drawn up and that he thought the matter had already been handled.
During the week of April 21, 2008, James informed Swanson that Cotta was still on campus and was still harassing Alexandria. Id. at ¶40. Swanson told James that Cotta was still on campus because there was an appeals phase. Id. In late April 2008, James told Johnson about another incident involving Cotta and Alexandria. Id. at ¶41. James told Johnson that while Alexandria was passing Cotta in the hallway, Cotta raised both of his arms in the air and said "See, I'm not touching you." Id. Johnson said that he spoke to Cotta "who described the incident very differently." Id.
On or about May 8, 2009, James contacted the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") about the sexual harassment. Id. at ¶44. On or about May 27, 2008, James sent an email to each member of the School Board of TUSD and informed them about the sexual harassment and the failure of defendants to appropriately respond to the sexual harassment. Id. at ¶45. James did not receive a response to his email. Id.
After James brought the sexual harassment to the further attention of TUSD and the School, teachers and other employees of TUSD and/or the School, including but not limited to Defendant Skaggs, said sexually discriminatory and harassing statements to Alexandria, including "Don't hug your students around Dyess or they will accuse you of sexual assault." Id. at ¶46. Teachers and employees made sexually harassing comments that Alexandria wore "low cut tops." Id. Alexandria was subjected to repeated student-on-student sexual harassment, including statements that Alexandria was a "whore," "a slut," that she "asked for it," and that she led [Cotta] on." Id. at ¶47.
On July 30, 2009, the OCR issued a letter that stated that it had determined that there was sufficient evidence to support a conclusion that Alexandria was subjected to sexual harassment by Cotta and that TUSD had failed to respond appropriately and effectively to the notice of harassment. Id. at ¶49. The OCR stated that the evidence demonstrated a pattern of sexual harassment that was sufficiently serious to create a hostile environment for female students, including Alexandria, in violation of Title IX, and that TUSD's response to notice of harassment was not in compliance with Title IX. Id. The OCR investigation additionally determined, and Alexandria alleges, that "almost all of the four female and two male students who were interviewed by OCR (not including Alexandria) reported that they themselves had experienced some form of unwanted physical contact from Defendant Rick Cotta...." See FAC ¶50. A male student told OCR that Cotta sometimes touched his back, and that he told Cotta to get his hands off of him. Id.
Alexandria filed this lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court on November 6, 2009. Defendants removed on February 2, 2010. In her FAC, Alexandria alleges the following claims for relief: (1) Failure to prevent teacher-on-student sexual harassment and student-on-student sexual harassment in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act against TUSD; (2) Violation of Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title IX against Cotta and Individual Defendants, in their individual capacities; (3) Excessive Use of Force in violation of the Fourth Amendment against Cotta, Cheek, Johnson, Thompson, and Swanson; (4) Civil Conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 ("§1983") against Individual Defendants; and (5) Conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. Section 1985(3) ("§1985(3)") and Failure to Prevent under 42 U.S.C. Section 1986 (("§1986") against Individual Defendants.
On April 2, 2010, Cotta filed a Motion to Dismiss the FAC for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) and a Motion to Strike certain portions of the FAC pursuant to Rule 12(f).*fn6
On April 26, 2010, Alexandria filed an opposition to Cotta's Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike. On May 3, 2010, Cotta filed a reply.
Rule 12(b)(6)
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6),a claim may be dismissed because of the plaintiff's "failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted." Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). A dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) may be based on the lack of a cognizable legal theory or on the absence of sufficient facts alleged under a cognizable legal theory. Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare Sys., 534 F.3d 1116, 1121 (9th Cir. 2008); Navarro v. Block, 250 F.3d 729, 732 (9th Cir. 2001). In reviewing a complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), all allegations of material fact are taken as true and construed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. Marceau v. Blackfeet Hous. Auth., 540 F.3d 916, 919 (9th Cir. 2008); Vignolo v. Miller, 120 F.3d 1075, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999). The Court must also assume that general allegations embrace the necessary, specific facts to support the claim. Smith v. Pacific Prop. and Dev. Corp., 358 F.3d 1097, 1106 (9th Cir. 2004); Peloza v. Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist., 37 F.3d 517, 521 (9th Cir. 1994). But, the Court is not required "to accept as true allegations that are merely conclusory, unwarranted deductions of fact, or unreasonable inferences." In re Gilead Scis. Sec. Litig., 536 F.3d 1049, 1056-57 (9th Cir. 2008); Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors, 266 F.3d 979, 988 (9th Cir. 2001). Although they may provide the framework of a complaint, legal conclusions are not accepted as true and "[t]hreadbare recitals of elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1949-50 (2009); see also Warren v. Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., 328 F.3d 1136, 1139 (9th Cir. 2003). Furthermore, Courts will not assume that plaintiffs "can prove facts which [they have] not alleged, or that the defendants have violated . . . laws in ways that have not been alleged." Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters, 459 U.S. 519, 526 (1983). As the Supreme Court has explained:
While a complaint attacked by a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss does not need detailed factual allegations, a plaintiff's obligation to provide the 'grounds' of his 'entitlement to relief' requires more than labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do. Factual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level, on the assumption that all the allegations in the complaint are true (even if doubtful in fact).
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007). Thus, to "avoid a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949; see Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570; see also Weber v. Department of Veterans Affairs, 521 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir. 2008). "A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949.
The plausibility standard is not akin to a 'probability requirement,' but it asks more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted unlawfully. Where a complaint pleads facts that are 'merely consistent with' a defendant's liability, it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of 'entitlement to relief.' . . .
Determining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief will . . . be a context specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense. But where the well-pleaded facts do not permit the court to infer more than the mere possibility of misconduct, the complaint has alleged -- but it has not shown -- that the pleader is entitled to relief.
Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949-50. "In sum, for a complaint to survive a motion to dismiss, the nonconclusory 'factual content,' and reasonable inferences from that content, must be plausibly suggestive of a claim entitling the plaintiff to relief." Moss v. United States Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962, 969 (9th Cir. 2009).
If a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss is granted, "[the] district court should grant leave to amend even if no request to amend the pleading was made, unless it determines that the pleading could not possibly be cured by the allegation of other facts." Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1127 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc). In other words, leave to amend need not be granted when amendment would be futile. Gompper v. VISX, Inc., 298 F.3d 893, 898 (9th Cir. 2002).
I. Second Claim for Relief - Violation of Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title IX*fn7
Title IX
Cotta's Argument Cotta argues that Alexandria's Title IX claim fails against him because Title IX does not authorize suits against school officials or teachers.
Alexandria's Opposition
Alexandria appears to concede that a Title IX action is not cognizable against school officials or teachers and focuses her opposition on her Equal Protection claim.*fn8
Although, the FAC asserts a Title IX claim against Cotta, a Title IX claim cannot be brought against school officials, teachers, and other individuals. See Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, 129 S.Ct. 788, 796 (2009); Davis Next Friend LaShonda D. v. Monroe County Bd. of Educ., 526 U.S. 629, 641 (1999) ("The Government's enforcement power may only be exercised against the funding recipient, see [20 U.S.C.] § 1682, and we have not extended damages liability under Title IX to parties outside the scope of this power."). Accordingly, Alexandria's Title IX claim is dismissed with prejudice as to Cotta.
Equal Protection Claim Pursuant to U.S.C. 42 §1983 - Gender Based Discrimination Cotta's Argument Cotta does not address Alexandria's §1983 claim under the Equal Protection Clause. However, the Court must address this claim in order to resolve Alexandria's §1983, §1985(3), and §1986 claims.
Alexandria's Argument
Alexandria alleges that Cotta acted under color of state law and discriminated against her on the basis of her sex in violation of the Equal Protection Clause and that such discrimination was intentional and deliberate.
The Fourteenth Amendment provides that "[n]o state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." U.S. Const. Amendment XIV, §1. Denials by any person acting under color of state law are actionable under §1983. In order to establish a §1983 equal protection violation, the plaintiff must show that the individual defendants, acting under color of state law, discriminated against her as a member of an identifiable class and that the discrimination was either intentional or occasioned by deliberate indifference. Flores v. Morgan Hill Unified Sch. Dist., 324 F.3d 1130, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). "Deliberate indifference " is found if the school administrator "respond[s] to known peer harassment in a manner that is ... clearly unreasonable." Id. Citing to Davis v. Monroe County Bd. of Educ., 526 U.S. 629, 649 (1999).
Alexandria alleges that Cotta violated Alexandria's Equal Protection rights by subjecting her to sexual harassment on the basis of her gender. Based on Alexandria's allegations, it appears that Cotta harassed both males and females. Alexandria alleges, that "almost all of the four female and two male students who were interviewed by OCR (not including Alexandria) reported that they themselves had experienced some form of unwanted physical contact from Defendant Rick Cotta...." See FAC ¶50. A male student told OCR that Cotta sometimes touched his back, and that he told Cotta to get his hands off of him. Id. Alexandria alleges that prior to the date she was first sexually harassed by Cotta, Cotta had engaged in prior misconduct toward, or sexual harassment of, students, and particularly female students. See FAC ¶17. In order to establish a §1983 Equal Protection violation, Alexandria must show that Cotta discriminated against her as a member of an identifiable class (i.e. gender). Flores, 324 F.3d 1130, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). Since, it appears that Cotta harassed both males and females, Alexandria's Equal Protection claim fails as to Cotta. Alexandria is given leave to amend to clarify her Equal Protection claim against Cotta and explain how Cotta treated female students differently than male students.
II. Fourth Claim for Relief - Civil Conspiracy (Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983)
Cotta's Argument Cotta argues that Alexandria's fourth claim fails because she fails to allege a "meeting of the minds," between Cotta and Individual Defendants.
Alexandria alleges that Cotta and Individual Defendants entered into a conspiracy to discriminate against her on the basis of her sex. Alexandra alleges that Cotta and Individual Defendants agreed to "look the other way" and ignore Alexandria's complaints.
A plaintiff may allege a conspiracy under either 42 U.S.C. §1983 or 42 U.S.C. §1985. See Dixon v. City of Lawton, 898 F.2d 1443, 1449, n.6 (10th Cir. 1990); Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409, 413 (9th Cir. 1988); Cohen v. Norris, 300 F.2d 24, 27-28 (9th Cir. 1962); Hopper v. Hayes, 573 F. Supp 1368, 1371 (D. Idaho 1983). A conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. §1983 is "a conspiracy to deprive a plaintiff of a constitutional or federally protected right under color of state law." Dixon, 898 F.2d 1443, 1449, n.6. In order to "recover under a §1983 conspiracy theory, a plaintiff must plead and prove not only a conspiracy, but also a deprivation of rights; pleading and proof of one without the other will be insufficient." Id. See also Hart v. Parks, 450 F.3d 1059, 1071 (9th Cir. 2006). The "essence of a §1983 claim is the deprivation of the right rather than the conspiracy." Dixon, 898 F. 3d at 1449. Unlike a conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. §1985, a conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. §1983 does not require a plaintiff to prove a racial or class based animus. See Dixon, 898 F.2d at 149, n.6; Klingele, 849 F.3d at 413.
"To establish a conspiracy, a plaintiff must demonstrate the existence of an agreement or 'meeting of the minds' to violate constitutional rights." Mendocino Envtl. Ctr. v. Mendocino County, 192 F.3d 1283, 1301 (9th Cir. 1999); Franklin v. Fox, 312 F.3d 423, 441 (9th Cir. 2002). "The defendants must have, by some concerted action, intend[ed] to accomplish some unlawful objective for the purpose of harming another which results in damage." Mendocino Envtl. Ctr. v. Mendocino County, 192 F.3d 1283, 1301 (9th Cir. 1999). This agreement or meeting of the minds may be inferred on the basis of circumstantial evidence, such as the actions of the defendants. See Mendocino County, 192 F.3d at 1301. A showing that defendants committed acts that "are unlikely to have been undertaken without an agreement" may support the inference of a conspiracy. Id. Conclusory allegations of conspiracy, however, are not enough to support a §1983 conspiracy claim. See Burns v. County of King, 883 F. 2d 819, 821 (9th Cir. 1989). "[A] conclusory allegation of agreement at some unidentified point does not supply adequate facts to show illegality." Twombly, 127 S.Ct. At 1966. A plaintiff must plead "enough factual matter (taken as true) to suggest that an agreement was made." Id. at 1965. Allegations that identify "the period of the conspiracy, the object of the conspiracy, and certain other actions of the alleged conspirators taken to achieve that purpose," Marchese v. Umstead, 110 F. Supp.2d 361, 371 (E.D. Pa. 2000), and allegations that identify "which defendants conspired, how they conspired and how the conspiracy led to a deprivation of his constitutional rights," Harris v. Roderick, 126 F.3d 1189, 1196 (9th Cir. 1997), both have been held to be sufficiently particular to properly allege a conspiracy.
In the present case, Alexandria alleges that Cotta and Individual Defendants entered into a conspiracy to discriminate against her on the basis of her sex. As described above, it appears that Cotta harassed both males and females. Therefore, the Court is unclear as to how Cotta conspired to violate Alexandria's Equal Protection rights. Alexandria is given leave to amend to explain how Cotta treated females differently than males. Accordingly, Cotta's Motion to Dismiss the §1983 conspiracy claim is granted with leave to amend.
III. Fifth Claim for Relief - Civil Conspiracy (Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1985(3) and Failure to Prevent (Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1986)
Cotta's Argument Cotta argues that Alexandria's Fifth Claim fails because she fails to allege that a conspiracy existed, its purpose, an act to further that purpose, or damages caused by the conspiracy.
Alexandria argues that Cotta conspired to violate her Equal Protection rights. Alexandria alleges that Cotta was aware of the conspiracy, had the power to protect Alexandria from the conspiracy, and failed to do so.
Civil Conspiracy (Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1985(3)
To successfully bring a cause of action under §1985(3), a plaintiff must prove three elements: "(1) the existence of a conspiracy to deprive the plaintiff of equal protection of the laws; (2) an act in furtherance of the conspiracy and (3) a resulting injury." Addisu v. Fred Meyer, Inc., 198 F.3d 1130, 1141 (9th Cir. 2000); see also Sever v. Alaska Pulp Corp., 978 F.2d 1529, 1536 (9th Cir. 1992). Furthermore, the plaintiff must identify the deprivation of a legally protected right motivated by "some racial, or perhaps otherwise class-based, invidiously discriminatory animus behind the conspirators' action." Griffith v. Breckenridge, 403 U.S. 88, 102 (1971). Section 1985(3) applies to conspiracies motivated by gender-based animus against women. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Reichardt, 591 F.2d 499, 505 (9th Cir.1979).
Here, Alexandria has not alleged sufficient facts, showing that Cotta conspired to deprive her of her constitutional Equal Protection rights and was motivated by gender-based animus. Accordingly, Cotta's Motion to Dismiss Alexandria's §1985(3) claim is granted with leave to amend.
Failure to Prevent (Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1986) "Section 1986 authorizes a remedy against state actors who have negligently failed to prevent a conspiracy that would be actionable under §1985." Cerrato v. San Francisco Cmty. Coll. Dist., 26 F.3d 968, 971, n.7 (9th Cir. 1994). A viable § 1986 claim is dependent on the existence of a §1985 claim. McCalden v. California Library Assoc., 955 F.2d 1214, 1223 (9th Cir. 1992); Karim-Panahi v. Los Angles Police Department, 839 F.2d 621, 626 (9th Cir. 1988). In the present matter, Alexandria has not stated a valid §1985 claim against Cotta. Accordingly, Cotta's Motion to Dismiss Alexandria's §1986 claim is granted with leave to amend.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Cotta's Motion to Dismiss Alexandria's Second Claim for Relief - Title IX is GRANTED without leave to amend;
2. Cotta's Motion to Dismiss Alexandria's Second Claim for Relief - 42 U.S.C. §1983 based on an Equal Protection Violation is GRANTED with leave to amend;
3. Cotta's Motion to Dismiss Alexandria's Fourth Claim for Relief- 42 U.S.C. §1983 Conspiracy is GRANTED with leave to amend;
4. Cotta's Motion to Dismiss Alexandria's Fifth Claim for Relief- 42 U.S.C. §1985(3) Conspiracy and 42 U.S.C. §1986 Failure to Prevent is GRANTED with leave to amend; and
5. Alexandria may file an amended complaint consistent with this order and Rule of Civil Procedure 11 on or by August 30, 2010.
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For more adventurous explorers interested in a longer and more strenuous Big Island hike, the trail continues straight up the far west side of Waipi'o Valley, zigzagging to the top and then across into Waimanu, the next valley over. It's too far to make it all the way to Waimanu Valley and back in one day. If you wish to explore beyond Waipi'o you'll need to secure the necessary backpacking and camping permits weeks in advance by contacting the Division of Forestry and Wildlife in Hilo (808-974-4221).
To reach the Waipi'o overlook, drive west about twenty minutes from the community of Honoka'a on the north side of the Big Island. Honoka'a is just off Highway 19, about 20 minutes east of Waimea. If you aren't up for hiking, the scene from the overlook itself is enough for many visitors.
There are also other options for a different and fun way to explore the valley. Some of the great Waipi'o Valley tours include four-wheel drive van tours, horseback riding tours, and even mule-drawn wagon rides. We don't recommend attempting to drive down the narrow and crazy-steep road on your own. You'll need a reliable four-wheel drive vehicle with very good brakes (and very good insurance!). Instead, why not join one of the tours as they provide access to the best parts of the valley without the hassle.
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In his book Perfect: The Inside Story of Sixteen Perfect Games, James Buckley Jr. describes the rarity of the "perfect game": since the founding of the National League in 1876 to 2002, opposing pitchers have had over 340,000 opportunities (170,000 games) to throw perfect games, but only sixteen had done so. That equates to approximately one in every 21,250 opportunities. No Major League pitcher has ever been perfect twice in his professional career, and many of the greatest have never done so even once. The feat is, indeed, one of the rarest of any athletic accomplishment.1
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) existed from 1943 through 1954. It was the highest level of professional baseball ever afforded women. In its twelve-year history, some six hundred of the greatest female athletes were paid to play a game once the exclusive domain of men. During that time, only five perfect games occurred out of 9,578 opportunities (or once in every 1,916 chances), three during the underhand pitching period (1943–47) and two during the period when overhand pitching was adopted throughout the League (1948–54). Incredibly, both of these latter games were pitched by one person, Jean Faut of the South Bend Blue Sox.2
This feisty righthander was one of the most dominant pitchers in the history of the AAGPBL. During her eight-year career with the Blue Sox (1946–53), she compiled a lifetime record of 140-64 with a mind-boggling 1.23 ERA. She never had a losing season or an ERA above 1.51. She was named the league's player-of-the-year twice (1951 and 1953), was a four-time all-star, was second in the league in career wins, held the league record for single-season winning percentage with a .909 (20-2) in 1952, and led the Blue Sox to consecutive league championships in 1951 and 1952. When compared with Major League pitchers, she ranks first in ERA and fourth in winning percentage (.686).3
Comparing the level of play in the AAGPBL to that found in the Major Leagues is a little like comparing apples to oranges. Men are stronger, hit with [End Page 107] more power, have better overall batting averages, and field better than their female counterparts. For these reasons, some would argue that it is more difficult to pitch a perfect game in the Major Leagues than it was in the AAGPBL. However, considering the conditions under which the women played, Faut's two perfect games are all the more remarkable.
While the dimensions of the field were smaller and the hitters less powerful and skilled with the bat, equipment and rules changed continually throughout the existence of the league, often from year to year, sometimes even in midseason. When the league started in 1943, it was basically fast-pitch softball played under some of the rules of baseball. Runners, for example, could take a lead off base and steal, but the ball was a soft twelve inches in circumference. Basepaths were much shorter (sixty-five feet) and the pitching distance much closer (forty feet). Distances and ball dimensions evolved drastically, so that by the final season of the league in 1954, it was almost exactly like regulation baseball.
Pitching itself changed over the years: it began as underhand, graduated to sidearm in 1946–47, and moved fully to overhand in 1948. Many of the pitchers in the earlier period were experienced submariners who could not make the transition to the overhand style. Consequently, many teams converted their position players—especially outfielders—to pitchers since they were used to throwing the ball overhand with power. Batters, too, had to make adjustments, since underhand throws tend to rise, overhand to drop.4
All of these changes were designed to make the game more exciting and more like men's baseball. Fast-pitch underhand softball is generally a very pitcher-dominated game with low scores and correspondingly low batting averages. As the women's game evolved more toward baseball, more runs were produced. Batting averages and ERAs both increased as a consequence. In 1943 the top-ten batters in the league had averages ranging from a high of .332 to a low of .268. By 1950 the advantage began to shift toward the batter. That year, the top-ten averages ranged from .346 to .276. During the league's final season, batting averages skyrocketed, with the top-ten ranging from an incredible .429 to .317.5
Added to this increased offensive production, fielding was significantly inferior compared to the men, with errors much more an every-game occurrence. Fielding miscues, of course, can ruin a perfect game just as much as a hit or a walk. Indeed, probably every perfect game has been saved by at least one or two outstanding fielding plays. Good and bad fielding played crucial roles in both of Faut's perfect games.6
The fields themselves were decidedly inferior when compared to the Major League parks. The Blue Sox diamond at Playland Park was built on the site [End Page 108] of an auto racetrack. Home plate sat on top of the track itself with just a few inches of dirt spread over the asphalt-hard surface below. Most of the women's games were played at night under lighting conditions that made outfield play in particular a real challenge.7
Imagine how difficult it would be for a player—especially a pitcher—to keep adjusting to these constant changes in rules and equipment and to perform in often substandard playing conditions. When Faut began her career in 1946, sidearm delivery was permitted for the first time and the ball was a dead eleven inches, the basepaths seventy-two feet, and the pitching rubber forty-three feet from home plate. By her final season in 1953, only overhand pitching was allowed, the ball was a lively cork-centered ten inches, and the basepaths were seventy-five feet. More importantly from a pitching perspective, the pitching rubber was moved back to fifty-six feet, thirteen feet farther away than in 1946. At the same time, fences were moved in to allow for more home runs. One can only speculate on how the careers of the great Major Leaguers might have developed had they played in this environment.8
Faut, born in 1925, learned to throw overhand as a child growing up in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. She developed her pitching skills by spending countless hours throwing rocks at telephone poles. As she got older, she developed an intense interest in baseball and often spent hours watching and shagging flies for a local semi-pro team during team practice. The players noticed she had a great arm and allowed her to throw batting practice both at home and on the road. The second baseman taught her a variety of pitches, including a curve, a screwball, a change-of-pace, and a fastball. Not many girls of her era had the good fortune to receive such instruction.9
She was scouted by the South Bend Blue Sox and joined the team as a third baseman at age twenty-one in 1946. When midway through the season the league introduced sidearm pitching, Faut was given limited pitching duties. She used this opportunity to its fullest, compiling a record of 8-3 with an ERA of 1.33 in 12 starts. The following year she had a career high 44 starts, winning 19 and losing 13.10
While she had some zip on her fastball and a sharp-breaking curve, Faut's strength was her great control. Her over-the-top motion was very consistent, with her left foot always landing in the same spot with every pitch. "In fact, one of the scouts was amazed that I was always at the same spot," she said years later. "I think that had a lot to do with why I had very good control." This ability allowed her to adjust quickly as the ball grew smaller and the pitching distance lengthened. Her strong arm was also an asset. She never had a sore arm in spite of going the distance in most games, even pitching 24 innings in one game and 19 in another.11 [End Page 109]
She was an intelligent, wily pitcher with a good, analytical mind that allowed her to remember pitching sequences from batter to batter and game to game. In pre-game team meetings, she would memorize the weakness of the best batters and during the game vary the rotation of pitches she used. "Part of my success," she once reflected, "was that in my mind I could record the pitches and the order of pitches I threw to each girl, so they never saw the same thing twice. I was a mathematical whiz in school. They'd never know what was coming, so they'd start guessing. When batters start guessing, they're never right." Contact hitters gave her the greatest trouble, while guess-hitters who swung from the heels were the easiest. "You've got them in your hip pocket once they did that," she added.12
Perennial all-star Dottie Kamenshek thought Faut and the Peaches' Lois Florreich were the two best pitchers in the All-American Girls. According to the league's greatest hitter, "Jean did not have any weaknesses, you only hoped she would be a little wild. Her style was overhand and she hid the ball well."13
By the time the 1951 season rolled around, Faut was a seasoned pitcher. It was to be a breakthrough year for the Blue Sox as well. While they had been in post-season play before (Faut was 1 and 3 in early-round losses in 1948 and 1949), the team had never won a championship. That was about to change—and in dramatic fashion—with Jean Faut in the middle of the excitement.
The season began inauspiciously enough. Faut's record in the first half was a good, but unremarkable, 8 and 5. Significantly, all five losses were by one run. So, when she took the mound on July 21, no one had an inkling about what was to unfold. Certainly the large crowd of nearly 1,500 that Saturday evening at Playland Park, the home field for the Blue Sox, had no idea as the game began that they were to witness an historic event.
Faut was in charge from the beginning. The "sturdy gal with a lot of heart," as the local paper described her, dominated the visiting Peaches with "a fast ball that hops and a curve that breaks off like a country road." It wasn't until the fifth inning that she even fell behind in the count to the first batter. She threw three balls to Peaches left-fielder Eleanor Callow before striking her out on the next three pitches. Only one other time did Faut go a full-count, and that duel ended in a ground-out. Just two balls left the infield, one a foul out to right fielder Betty Wagoner and the other a fly to center fielder Nancy Stoll.14
Fortunately for Faut, her teammates scratched out two runs in the bottom of the sixth, thanks mainly to the two errors committed by Rockford second baseman Bobbie Payne. Sox third baseman Audrey Bleiler led off the inning with a walk. She was sacrificed to second off the bat of second baseman Charlene Pryer. Bleiler moved to third when Payne committed her first error, mishandling a grounder from Betty Wagoner. Shortstop Senaida Wirth then [End Page 110] laid down a perfect bunt, scoring Bleiler from third with the first run. With one out, Sox batter Lib Mahon hit a rocket of a grounder to Peaches first baseman Dottie Kamenshek. The all-star infielder snagged the ball, stepped on first for the second out, and threw to second in an attempt to double up Wirth, who had rounded the base too far. Unfortunately for the visitors, second baseman Payne committed her second error of the inning when she allowed the throw to get away. Wagoner scored on this fielding mishap.15
That was all the scoring Faut was to need. She fanned five of the last nine batters, including Peaches starting pitcher Nickie Fox to end the game. Faut's teammates swarmed over her and carried her off the field at the conclusion of the contest.
The competition Faut faced that evening was among the best. Rockford would end the season battling South Bend for the league championship. The Peaches were the Yankees of the AAGPBL, a perennial powerhouse populated with great players and winner of four league championships. First baseman Dottie Kamenshek was a seven-time all-star, won the league batting title twice, was the career leader in hits with 1,090, and in 1951 led the team with a .345 batting average. Left fielder Eleanor Callow was a three-time all-star who holds the career record for home runs at 55 and triples at 60. In 1951 she had a team-high 84 RBIs. Catcher Ruth Richard was a six-time all-star who was second on the team in RBIs with 60 in 1951. This lineup would have been a challenge for any pitcher.16
Faut gives considerable credit for her perfect performance to the flawless fielding of her teammates. "I had an extremely good team behind me," she recalled years later. To this day she remembers the shoestring catch Betty Wagoner made on the right field foul. "That was the only real scare I had. That was a tremendous catch." Wagoner ran a long way on a dead run to snag it just off the ground.17
Faut was totally focused during the game, remaining unaware of what was unfolding until the final inning. In the tradition of teammates everywhere, no one spoke to her as the game progressed. In one of the all-time greatest understatements, she said, "I had a very good game."18
Dottie Kamenshek described the frustration, and exhilaration, she experienced facing Faut that night:
Everything was working. Curve, fastball, drop, you name it. I tried bunting, no soap, swung at the first pitch and no soap, worked deep into the count and no soap. That day she was beautiful to watch. I only struck out 81 times in my 10 years, she struck me out 2 times in that game. I walked up to her after the game and told her it was the best pitched game I ever played in and congratulated her.19 [End Page 111]
This historic victory set the tone for the rest of the season. While South Bend placed third in the first-half standings, the team finished first in the second half, thus giving them a playoff berth. Their complete season record of 75 and 36 was best in the league that year.
The 1951 Shaughnessy championship was played in two rounds. The first was the best of three with the championship being the best of five. In the first series, South Bend beat the Fort Wayne Daisies 2 games to 1. Faut won the first and third contests by identical scores of 2 to 1. In the first game, she went the full nine innings, surrendering just 6 hits, 3 walks, and 1 earned run. She repeated her complete game performance in the third meeting with another 2 to 1 pitching gem, this time in ten innings in Fort Wayne. In that game she struck out nine batters and gave up 8 hits.20
Faut capped her unbelievable season with 2 wins in the last 3 games of the 5-game championship series against the Rockford Peaches. After the Blue Sox dropped the first two contests, she started the third game with her team facing elimination. "It's an old story with the South Bend Blue Sox but they're counting on Jean Faut to pull them out of another jam at Playland park tonight," wrote the South Bend Tribune sports reporter. And Faut did just that, winning it 3 to 2. She struck out 11 and walked 2, allowing 2 runs, one on a passed ball. Her opponent that evening was Rockford rookie Marie Mansfield, who walked 13, hit one batter, had a wild pitch, but allowed just 3 hits. Then in the fifth game, played two days later at home, Faut, starting at third base, was called to the mound in the third inning with 1 run in, 1 out, the bases loaded, and her team leading 6 to 2. On the first pitch, the batter bounced to Faut, who began an inning-ending double play. She would pitch the rest of the game, getting credit for a 10 to 2 drubbing of the Peaches. It gave the Blue Sox the first of their two consecutive league championships. At season's end, Faut was named the league's player-of-the-year.21
The following season was to see Jean Faut again lead the league in several pitching categories. She went 20 and 2 in 23 starts for a phenomenal .909 winning percentage, a league record. She gave up only 19 earned runs in those games, for a career-best 0.93 ERA. She also led all pitchers with 114 strikeouts.22
Faut's winning ways continued into postseason play. South Bend faced the Grand Rapids Chicks in a best-of-three series. The Chicks were eliminated in two games. Faut was the winner of the first contest in a complete game 2 to 1 cliffhanger in which she got out of a no-outs, bases-loaded jam in the ninth, surrendering just one unearned run. The Blue Sox handily defeated their opponents in the second game 6 to 1 with Faut delivering 2 RBIs and relieving in the ninth to seal the victory.23 [End Page 112]
The championship series was a repeat of the previous year with South Bend again facing Rockford. It was a contest rocked by controversy. Faut loss the first game, delivering a sub-par performance when she surrendered an uncharacteristic 7 runs on 13 hits. She was pulled in the seventh after giving up a 2-run homer. The second game ended in another Rockford victory and a South Bend protest. Because their playing field was being readied for football, the Peaches had moved the right field fence in to 190 feet, 20 feet shorter than the league minimum. Consequently, the league disallowed the victory and forced a replay of Game 2. South Bend won it in 12 innings with Faut getting the victory when she pitched a scoreless final four innings in relief.24
As in 1951, Faut was the winning pitcher in the decisive Game 5, hitting 2 triples and driving in 2 while turning in a 6 to 3 complete game performance. It was South Bend's second league championship and the second time Faut pitched the deciding game.25
In light of what was happening at a personal level, Faut's accomplishments in 1951 and 1952 were especially remarkable. In the spring of 1947, she married Karl Winsch, a former Phillies pitching prospect. Most women in the league were unmarried, making Faut odd-woman-out on her team. When in 1951 Winsch became manager of the Blue Sox, it made the situation even stickier and increased Faut's isolation from her teammates. Everything came to a head in 1952.
After his freshman year, Winsch became more demanding of his players. Some of the women bristled under his leadership, many refusing to speak to either the manager or their star pitcher. When toward the end of the 1952 season Winsch disciplined one of the players by suspending her, five other players walked out in protest. It is a testimony to the professionalism and commitment of the remaining twelve players—especially Jean Faut—that they were able to enter post-season down six and still win it all.26
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The next year was to be Faut's final season. The team was weakened considerably by the player losses at the end of the previous season, and Faut was worn down from all the dissension. South Bend would finish the 1953 season second from last, compiling a dismal 45 and 65 record. In spite of everything that had gone wrong, Faut still turned in an impressive 17 and 11 record. She tied for first in the league in wins and for the third consecutive season led all pitchers with her 1.51 ERA. She was the only Blue Sox pitcher to have a winning season.27
Lightning struck the second time when Faut took the mound on the evening of September 3 in Kalamazoo. Rumors had been circulating that Faut planned to retire at the end of the season. So when she faced the home team Lassies in front of 668 of their fans, she was about to make baseball history on what would turn out to be her second-to-last pitching performance. [End Page 113]
As in her first perfect game, she faced some of the best players in the league. Left fielder Doris Sams was a five-time all-star and a two-time player-of-the-year (she and Faut were the only two to ever be selected twice). She won the batting crown in 1949 with a .279 batting average and led the league in home runs in 1952 with 12. Curiously, she began her career as a pitcher and was one of only three hurlers to have perfect games during the league's underhand pitching era. Three-time all-star Dorothy Schroeder, the Lassies' slick-fielding shortstop, was the only one to play all twelve years of the League's existence. Consequently, she holds the career record in games played at 1,249, RBIs at 431, at bats with 4,129, walks with 696, and strikeouts at 566. She is second in hits with 870 and third in home runs with 42. She led all shortstops in fielding percentage three times. Third baseman Fern Shollenberger was a four-time all-star who led all third basemen in fielding percentage three years in a row, and her career .942 fielding average is best at that position.28
As in her 1951 outing, Faut was completely dominant throughout the game. She struck out seven with only three fly-ball outs, one to right and two to center. And she was again aided by her teammates taking advantage of the opposition's poor fielding. South Bend scored all four of their runs at the top of the fifth inning. With one out, first baseman Irene Applegren laid down a bunt single. She moved to third on a double by right fielder Mary Froning. A rattled Ruth Williams then walked lead-off batter and second baseman Dolly Pearson to load the bases. When catcher Lois Youngen grounded to Terry Rukavina, the Lassies' second baseman froze momentarily, allowing Applegren to score and Youngen to reach first on an infield single. Froning scored the second run on an overthrow by Lassies catcher Jean Lovell. With the sacks still full, June Peppas booted a play at first allowing Pearson to score. With still only one out, the fourth and final run came when Youngen crossed home on a bases-loaded walk to Jean Faut, giving the pitcher an RBI.29
The Blue Sox management and fans honored their longtime diamond ace with "Jean Faut Night" before the game on September 6, 1953. After collecting four hundred dollars in gifts, Faut ended her baseball career that evening with a 3 to 0, 9-hit loss to the visiting Grand Rapids Chicks. And in recognition of her incredible season, she was selected league player-of-the-year for a second time.
Jean Faut is unquestionably one of the greatest players in the history of the game. In addition to her stellar career, she accomplished what no other professional pitcher has ever done before or since, reached perfection twice. In the words of South Bend Tribune reporter Paul Neville, "Opponents actually cringe when they learn that Faut is going to pitch against them. She's the most feared tosser in the league and with reason." No greater tribute could be given to this remarkable athlete.30 [End Page 114]
Bob Gorman is a librarian at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.
1. James Buckley Jr, Perfect: The Inside Story of Baseball's Sixteen Perfect Games (Chicago: Triumph Books, 2002), XV.
2. The AAGPBL was first called the All-American Girls Softball League (1943), but then was more commonly known as the All-American Girls Base Ball League (AAGBBL) for the rest of the league's existence.
3. For complete statistics of all teams and players, including post-season play, see W. C. Madden, The All-American Girls Baseball League Record Book (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000).
4. This change to overhand pitching did not mean that a pitcher could not drop down in her delivery. Faut tells of occasionally delivering a pitch below sidearm. In one such game, the batter, thinking the ball was on a trajectory to hit her, jumped straight up in the air. When the ball broke over the heart of the plate for a called strike three, the batter stared in astonishment, turned slowly, and walked back to the bench without uttering a word. See Jean Faut Fantry in discussion with the author, Rock Hill, SC, January 18, 2005.
5. Madden, AAGPBL Record Book.
6. When comparing the highest career fielding averages by position, for example, the men consistently rank higher. See Madden, AAGPBL Record Book; The Baseball Almanac, "Fielding Average by Position," The Baseball Almanac, http://www.baseball-almanac.com (accessed March 2, 2005).
7. Faut had occasion to play the outfield at night but found it disconcerting because the poor lighting made it difficult to properly judge fly balls. See Fantry discussion, January 18, 2005.
8. For a discussion of equipment and facility changes, see Merrie A. Fidler, "The Development and Decline of the All-American Girls Baseball League, 1943–1954," (master's thesis, University of Massachusetts, 1976), 109–14.
9. Fantry discussion, January 18, 2005; Jim Sargent, "Jean Faut: South Bend's All-American All-Star Pitcher," All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, http://www.aagpbl.org/articles/biographies.cfm?ID=4 (accessed March 23, 2004).
10. Madden, AAGPBL Record Book.
11. She attributes her good fortune in avoiding arm trouble to running the next day after she pitched a game. Any tightness or soreness she had would disappear as she ran. See Fantry discussion, January 18, 2005.
12. Barbara Gregorich, Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, (San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1993), 144; Fantry discussion, January 18, 2005.
13. Dottie Kamenshek, e-mail to the author, February 12, 2005.
14. Paul Neville, "Jean Faut Hurls Perfect Game," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, July 22, 1951. [End Page 115]
15. Neville, "Jean Faut."
16. Madden, AAGPBL Record Book.
17. Fantry discussion, January 18, 2005.
18. Fantry discussion, January 18, 2005.
19. Kamenshek e-mail, February 12, 2005.
20. "South Bend Wins Opening Playoff Game 2–1." South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 5, 1951; "Sox Advance to Playoff Finals," South Bend Tribune, sec. 1, September 8, 1951.
21. In addition to clutch pitching, illness was on the side of the Blue Sox. A flu outbreak among the Peaches hampered play among seven of their players during the final three games of the series. See "Sox Eke Out 3–2 Win Over Rockford Nine," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 12, 1951; "South Bend Rockford Clash for Girls League Title," South Bend Tribune, sec.2, September 13, 1951; "South Bend Wins Girls League Pennant," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 14, 1951.
22. Madden, AAGPBL Record Book.
23. "Blue Sox One Game Away from Final Playoffs," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 3, 1952; "Blue Sox Sweep Playoff Series from Grand Rapids, 6–1," South Bend Tribune, sec. 2, September 4, 1952.
24. The Blue Sox protest was sparked by a fifth-inning Peaches solo homer over the right-field fence, which turned out to be the margin of victory for the home team. See "Peaches Rock Blue Sox in Playoff Tilt," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 7, 1952; "Rockford Nips Blue Sox, 3–2," South Bend Tribune, sec. 2, September 8, 1952; "Blue Sox Triumph on Field and at Conference Table," South Bend Tribune, sec. 2, September 9, 1952.
25. According to Faut, her second triple could have been a home run, but she was exhausted and stopped at third. See Fantry interview, January 18, 2005; "Blue Sox Capture Second League Crown," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 12, 1952.
26. Fantry interview, January 18, 2005; Joe Doyle, "According to Doyle," South Bend Tribune, sec. 2, September 2, 1952; "Blue Sox Open Playoffs Against Chicks," South Bend Tribune, sec. 2, September 2, 1952.
27. Madden, AAGPBL Record Book.
28. Madden, AAGPBL Record Book.
29. "Faut Hurls Perfect Game Against Lassies," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 4, 1953; Jerry Hagan, "Jean Faut Retires 27 Batters in Row; Blanks Lassies, 4–0," Kalamazoo Gazette, September 4, 1953. Both newspapers reported Faut having delivered 8 strikeouts, but a reproduction of the game score sheet given to Faut years after the game shows 7 K's.
30. Paul Neville, "On the Level with Paul Neville," South Bend Tribune, sec. 3, September 14, 1951. [End Page 116]