by admin | May 8, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Kelsie Whitmore who became the first woman to pitch in an Atlantic League game. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, accused of abusive behavior by multiple players.
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kelsie Whitmore relieved for the Staten Island FerryHawks with the bases loaded and retired former major leaguer Ryan Jackson on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to pitch in the independent Atlantic League. Days after breaking another barrier by starting in left...
by admin | May 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kelsie Whitmore played left field and batted ninth for the Staten Island FerryHawks on Sunday, becoming the first woman to start a game in the Atlantic League and one of the first to do so in a league connected to Major League Baseball. The 23-year-old Whitmore...
by admin | Apr 26, 2022 | Guest Blogs, Representation, SEW
In January 2020, Alyssa Nakken became the first full-time female coach in the history of Major League Baseball. Now her helmet is on its way to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY after making history for the second time Nakken, an assistant coach for the San...
by admin | Apr 17, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Alyssa Nakken of the SF Giants who became the first woman to coach on the field in an in season MLB game. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week once again to Russia who still has not released the WNBA’s...
by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from the dugout, when suddenly the call came: The San Francisco Giants needed her to coach at first base. She quickly pulled off her sweatshirt, grabbed her No. 92 jersey and found a bright orange...
by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Cheered by many fans who came just to see her make history, Rachel Balkovec debuted with a win Friday night as the first woman to manage the affiliate of a Major League Baseball team. Balkovec guided the New York Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons over Lakeland 9-6. Read...
by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Cheered by many fans who came just to see her make history, Rachel Balkovec debuted with a win Friday night as the first woman to manage the affiliate of a Major League Baseball team. Balkovec guided the New York Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons over Lakeland 9-6....
by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Opening Day means an abundance of first pitches, but the best first pitch of the day may not have occurred in the United States. Before the start of a SSG Landers game in the KBO League, figure skater Kim Ye-lim threw out the first pitch in style. Ye-lim used her...
by admin | Apr 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
RACHEL BALKOVEC WAS home recovering from getting hit in the face with a baseball late last month, and her dad was at Target buying a chair. He had to sit somewhere. Thirty-four years of life, and Balkovec has no furniture. She recently bought a condo, which to those...
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