Last year,Kelsie Whitmorebecame only the first woman to pitch in the Atlantic League, which is the highest level of professional baseball other than MLB. Yet, when asked about whether women could make it to the major leagues, experts offer different opinions. "Yeah, I think it's a definite...
All across professional baseball, women are making an unprecedented impact. The number of women working in both on- and off-field roles in the game is growing like never before, blazing trails in the sport’s coaching, scouting and executive ranks alike.
Seventy years since the last professional women’s baseball league, another one hopes to give women a chance to shine in baseball.
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Croteau, who isn't connected to the WPBL, praised the league for trying to bridge the gap that has existed since long before she and teammate Beanie Ketcham were believed to be the first women to play in an MLB affiliated minor league in the now defunct Hawaiian Winter Le...
Rachel Balkovec and Rachel Folden were hired by the Yankees and Chicago White Sox, respectively, on minor league affiliate coaching staffs. Three years later, Balkovec was named the first female manager in minor league baseball, taking the reins of the Yankees’ Single-A affiliate, the Tampa ...
Heightened interest in women’s sports in recent years made this an ideal time to launch a women’s baseball league, said cofounder Justine Siegal, the first woman to coach for an MLB team with the Oakland Athletics in 2015. The consulting firm Deloitte estimated that women’s sports will ...
Watching the interest in women's baseball grow has reinforced to Zipay that her dream of seeing a women's baseball professional league can come to fruition soon. “We [members of the AAGPBL board] are all dying to see another pro league before we die,” she said. ...
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When the Red Sox hired Bianca Smith as a Minor League coach, she became the first Black woman to serve as a coach in the history of professional baseball. She started her Red Sox career based at the club’s player development facility in Fort Myers, Fla., and worked mainly with position...