Meet Ayami Sato: The first woman to compete on a men's pro baseball team in Canada

The 35-year-old Japanese pitcher whose fastball reaches 80 mph, will pitch in the home opener for the Toronto Maple Leafs, an intercounty baseball team founded in 1896.

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