On August 21, 2010, she was the feature story on FOX Sports' This Week In Baseball, where she was shown meeting her idol, Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield.
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Yoshida was fourteen-years-old when she taught herself how to throw the knuckleball after watching Major League Baseball pitcher Tim Wakefield on television.
Knuckler: My Life with Baseball's Most Confounding Pitch, 2011, ISBN 978-0-547-51769-8, co-author Tim Wakefield, Professional Baseball Player for the Boston Red Sox
Famous players played for the Welland Pirates which included Tim Wakefield.
Wakefield | Tim Burton | Tim Pawlenty | Tim Rice | Tim Allen | Tim Hortons | Tim Kaine | Tim Berners-Lee | Tim Tebow | Tim McGraw | Tim O'Brien | Tim Finn | Tim Curry | Tim Buckley | Tim Robbins | Tim Henman | Tim Conway | Tim Bowness | Tim O'Reilly | Tim Hudak | Tim Hagans | Charles Wakefield Cadman | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Tim Winton | Tim Russert | Tim Rattay | Tim Powers | Tim O'Brien (musician) | Tim Daly | Tim Walberg |