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"{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;She's only 13, but &lt;strong&gt;Mo'ne Davis&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;could be the 1st woman to break down the MLB gender barrier --so says Mets legend &lt;strong&gt;John Franco&lt;/strong&gt; who says he's a HUGE fan of the female fireballer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Franco -- who pitched in the Majors for 21 years -- was out in NYC on Monday and told us he's super impressed with Davis ... who's broken out as the star pitcher in the Little League World Series.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0818_Mone-Davis_AP\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/08/18/0818-mone-davis-ap-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"She's good. She's really good. She's great for baseball.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI -- Davis is DOMINATING at the LLWS ... and just last week, she threw a complete game shutout against South Nashville ... striking out 8 (with no walks). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, Franco says he probably couldn't get a hit off Davis if they ever faced off.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then again, Franco only recorded&lt;a href=\"http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=francjo01\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; 3 hits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in his entire MLB career ... but you get the point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bRPEEXi3_C0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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