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The Little League World Series is the largest competition, for the best young baseball players in the world. This year, there is a player getting special attention for throwing the ball very fast. But this player is getting even more attention because, in a game mainly played by boys, she is a girl. 

Mo'ne Davis is not the first girl to play Little League baseball. Back in 1950, Kathryn Johnston Massar cut her hair, called herself "Tubby", and joined a Little League baseball team in the city of Corning, New York. When it was discovered that she was a girl, the league created a rule banning（禁止）girls from playing. The "Tubby rule", as it was known, would stand for 24 years.

Baseball is mainly a boy’s sport, but Mo'ne Davis is outstanding at it. It is reported that she can throw the ball over 100 kilometers an hour. She is not just a good player. She is also a good teammate. 

The 13-year old baseball player is making history at this year's Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This is not only because she is one of the few girls to have made it this far, but because she is such a good player. She has been on the front page of her hometown paper. TV ratings of her games are the highest ever on the sports network ESPN for Little League baseball. And she will be the first Little League player ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine in late August.

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