by admin | Jul 7, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rachel Balkovec, the first female manager in minor league baseball history, was ejected on Friday night. Balkovec manages the New York Yankees’ Single-A affiliate Tampa Tarpons. The umpire who gave her the can was also a woman. Read More
by admin | Apr 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Playfully wearing a Tampa Bay Buccaneers football helmet, New York Yankees minor league manager Rachel Balkovec was back on the field Saturday. Balkovec, hired as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a major league team, was hit in the face by a...
by admin | Mar 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rachel Balkovec, hired by the New York Yankees as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team, was hit in the face by a batted ball during a drill and will be sidelined for up to a week. Balkovec was struck Tuesday. She will not...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rachel Balkovec, a groundbreaking baseball coach, will become the manager of a team in the Yankees’ minor league system, making her the first woman to lead an affiliated professional baseball squad. Balkovec, 34, will manage the Tampa Tarpons, the low Class A...
by admin | Nov 30, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Portland Thorns FC announced today that Rhian Wilkinson will be the new head coach. Meg Linehan of The Athletic first reported the news on November 9th. “I know that I am inheriting a successful, winning culture on and off the field, and I have immense respect for...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
C.C. Sabathia has often joked that once he announced his retirement from the Yankees, he stepped aside and let his wife, Amber, get to work. Throughout his career, she had: Running their family of four children, guiding him through the highs (an American League Cy...
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