by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
After years of being passed over, in November Ng became the first woman to be named GM of a North American professional men’s team. Landing the Marlins job was a breakthrough, but Ng knows that to keep it—and help others like her follow—she’ll have to win. Read...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The umpires in baseball are often taken for granted, like the field geometry, the bases, the fair poles and the seats in the stands. Except for those moments when a decision angers one team or the other, umpires are part of the background to the game. Perhaps that...
by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
Jose Altuve was the little guy and Aaron Judge was the big guy. Max Scherzer was the guy with different-colored eyes and Mike Yastrzemski was the guy with the famous grandfather. None of them were pioneers, but at first they stood out for something beyond their...
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week we offer our congratulations and our top highlight to Maia Chaka, who was hired as the first Black female game official in the NFL. Following Sarah Thomas’s turn as the first female to officiate a Super Bowl we look forward to seeing more females...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Bianca Smith landed a job as a minor league coach in the Boston Red Sox organization, becoming the first Black woman to coach professional baseball, she thought about her mother. Her mom died of cancer in 2013 and would have been proud of her daughter’s...
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