The A's are the first Major League team to hire a female coach. In 2009, Siegal also became the first woman to be hired as a coach at any professional level, when she served as first-base coach for the Brockton Rox, an independent baseball team. She also served as an assistant coach...
Contemporary women's baseball chronicler Jennifer Ring says the fastest women pitchers currently hit speeds in the 80s (mph) and it keeps going up. Steve Mirsky reports
MIAMI -- The Marlins have pledged to build as diverse an organization as possible. On Friday morning, they made history by announcing Kim Ng as their new general manager. Ng is the first woman to become an MLB general manager. She is also believed to be
Major League Baseball confirmed Nakken is the first woman coach in the majors. Nakken is a former softball standout at first base for Sacramento State who joined the club in 2014 as an intern in baseball operations. She and Mark Hallberg, who was also named as an assistant Thursday, wil...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken became the first female coach on a major league staff in baseball history Thursday when she was named an assistant under new Giants manager Gabe Kapler. Major League Baseball confirmed Nakken is the first woman coach in the majors. Nakken is a former softba...
Kim Ng has made professional sports history as the first woman to be a general manager for Major League Baseball, and the first woman as general manager of any professional male sports team in North America. She joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss her history-making new position.Nov 16...
With her appearance, Nakken became the first woman to ever coach at the Major League level, and the first female coach to ever make an on-field appearance. With the Giants winning 10-1 at the time, Oracle Park erupted into cheers as a proud Nakken walked onto the field, and Padres ...
Ng will replace Michael Hill, who parted ways with the team last month after nearly 20 years. She’ll be the highest ranking woman in baseball operations among the league’s 30 teams. READ MORE LIKE THIS FROM CHANGING AMERICA BLM ACTIVIST CORI BUSH WINS IN MISSOURI, BECOMES STATE’S FIRST...
"She was just known in the stadium — Fenway Park — as being one of the most dedicated fans," Shogan said. Bess Truman President Harry Truman's wife, Bess Truman, was also a big baseball devotee. She had a reputation for being prim, but had been an athlete as a young woman. She...
"Kelsie Whitmore made history Sunday afternoon when she became the first woman to be in the starting lineup for an Atlantic League game, playing left field and batting ninth for the Staten Island FerryHawks against the Gastonia Honey Hunters in Gastonia, N.C.\nWhitmore went 0-for-2 with ...