is a playboy photo shoot the reason for athlete and model jennie finch making the news lately?
Jennie Finch hasn’t had much time to slow down lately. With 2-year-old son Ace on her hip, she’s full swing into motherhood while she gears up for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. But she’ll be quick to tell you that motherhood hasn’t affected her as an athlete in so much as intruding on her softball career. She says that it’s put things into a new perspective for her and feels that she must make each moment count on the field because time spent on the field is time away from her son. “It’s probably the greatest thing that I’ve ever done in my entire life,” Finch said about motherhood. “But as far as coming home and getting a big ol’ hug and a kiss from him, that is the greatest feeling there is. It just definitely keeps things into perspective because he doesn’t care whether I win or lose. And when I do leave him to go work out or to go practice, there’s no slacking off (on the field) because I know that I am sacrificing my time with him to do this.” The weight of competing at the h
Finch was offered a lucrative contract to appear nude for Playboy magazine, but commented to the press on August 14, 2004, that the offer was not going to tempt her. She said that she would “rather be a role model for young girls.” She said that “muscles on women are beautiful, but my personal decision is to stay away from those things; to stay away from that.” Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
