Jennie Finch is one of the best softball pitchers of all time.  I am no softball historian, nor am I really a fan, but I know about Jennie Finch because she is one of those females athletes who achieved backwards notoriety thanks to her looks.  The California blonde, voted ESPN's Hottest Female Athlete in 2003, was first noticed on a national level as “the hot softball player.”  It was only after the national gawk fest that a collective realization occurred – Jennie Finch is a supreme athlete.  The softball star, who gave up zero runs en route to a 2004 Olympic gold medal, will be one of the contestants on the upcoming season of The Apprentice: Celebrity Edition.  She will also likely be Donald Trump's latest object of semi-creepy Olympic affection (see: Angela Ruggiero). 

Donald Trump has loaded up on the athletes for Celebrity Apprentice.  Lennox Lewis, Nadia Comaneci, Tito Ortiz and Jennie Finch.  I have no idea why, but I suspect it has to do with their availability.  Actually, that's my best guess as to why all of these “celebrities” are competing on The Apprentice, except for the shameless NBC shills Piers Morgan and Nely Galan.  Jennie Finch is a legitimate contestant, though.  She is a good role model for young female athletes, if you're the kind of person who believes in the whole “athletes as role models” thing.  I don't, and neither does Charles Barkley.  So there. 

Here's an NBC video interview with the lovely Jennie Finch, in which she discusses the charity she'll be competing for:

Some fun facts about Jennie Finch:

Jennie Finch is married to Major League Baseball player Casey Daigle, who most recently played on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Jennie turned down a massive offer to appear in Playboy.  Unfortunate.

She has appeared in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition. 

She currently works for ESPN, which is owned by ABC.  Conflict of interest with NBC?


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
(Source and Image Courtesy of NBC)