Via SI.com, a report on a MLB first in nearly 18 years:
Jen Pawol became the first woman to umpire an MLB spring training game since 2007 when she worked the game between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals in [...]
February
18,
2024
Courtesy of The Athletic, a report on the Black Aces, Black pitchers from the United States and Canada who have won at least 20 games in a Major League Baseball season:
When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major [...]
Via SI.com, a report on the recent hiring of Jenny Cavnar as baseball's first woman primary play-by-play announcer:
Jenny Cavnar was named the Oakland Athletics’ play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports California on Tuesday [...]
January
26,
2024
Via USAToday, a look at efforts by a group in Nashville to bring a new - and diverse - Major League Baseball expansion team to Nashville:
Dave Stewart is behind the wheel, old-school, soul town hits are filling the air, and [...]
Via The Athletic, a report that Rachel Balkovec, Yankees’ pioneering manager, will leave to run Marlins’ player development:
Rachel Balkovec, the first woman to manage in affiliated baseball, has left the New York Yankees [...]
December
29,
2023
Via The Athletic, a report on an umpire on the cusp of a watershed moment for baseball:
On April 30 in Durham, N.C., St. Louis Cardinals legend Adam Wainwright made a rehab start for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. All eyes [...]