--- ---  # Spike Lee's Mo'Ne Davis Ad Settles the Whole 'Throwing Like a Girl' Thing  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Oct 22, 2014 6:39 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 02: Filmmaker Spike Lee attends the Oscars held at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 02: Filmmaker Spike Lee attends the Oscars held at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)Getty Images (2)  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Oct 22, 2014 6:39 PM UTC The World Series is upon us, but 13-year-old Little League superstar Mo’ne Davis is still the most talked-about player in baseball. Director Spike Lee teamed up with Chevrolet to create a commercial featuring the young pitcher, who made the [cover of _Sports Illustrated_](http://www.si.com/more-sports/2014/08/19/mone-davis-little-league-world-series-sports-illustrated-cover) this year after becoming the first girl in history to throw a shutout during the Little League World Series. In the ad, Davis reads an open letter to America: “I throw 70 miles per hour. That’s throwing like a girl,” she says. Watch Spike Lee's Mo'ne Davis Commercial for the World Series ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3531839/mone-davis-spike-lee-world-series/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3531839/mone-davis-spike-lee-world-series/"},"headline":"Spike Lee's Mo'Ne Davis Ad Settles the Whole 'Throwing Like a Girl' Thing","datePublished":"2014-10-22T18:39:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:11.756Z","description":"An inspiring ad for the World Series puts an end to a long-standing stereotype once and for all","url":"https://time.com/3531839/mone-davis-spike-lee-world-series/","keywords":["Living","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb93374b5f948553/6987624b8e06013aef457dd5/mone-davis-spike-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb93374b5f948553/6987624b8e06013aef457dd5/mone-davis-spike-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3531839/mone-davis-spike-lee-world-series/","name":"Spike Lee's Mo'Ne Davis Ad Settles the Whole 'Throwing Like a Girl' Thing"}}]}] ```