If Margaret Thatcher played baseball: first base, rated 78

Margaret Thatcher as a baseball player: scouting report

Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked as a research chemist before she became a barrister, and that scientific habit of testing everything would make her a very difficult out. She would play first base. Her eye is the best mark on her card, so she treats every pitch as an experiment: observe it, reject anything outside the zone and wait for the result she is after.

Her contact is the next best mark, so she would rarely strike out and would put pressure on the defense with every at bat. Her power is solid enough to drive the ball into the gap and keep pitchers honest. She became the first woman to serve as British prime minister in 1979 and was famous for working very long days and arriving at every meeting with the papers already read, and she would bring that same preparation to the batting cage. Her nickname, the Iron Lady, suits a first baseman nicely too: she plants a foot on the bag, stretches for the throw and does not budge when a runner comes charging down the line.

Speed is the soft spot, so she is a station to station runner, and her arm is below average, which is why first base suits her. Designated hitter is her next best spot and saves her legs, and third base is possible, though the long throw across the diamond would test her. Draft her in the middle rounds as a disciplined bat for the middle of the order, and put a couple of fast runners in front of her so her contact turns into runs.

Plays like An immovable first baseman with a disciplined batting eye

Put Margaret Thatcher in your lineup

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