Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday’s Marlins-Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job. Considering Pawol became the first female umpire to work behind the plate in the majors, making unprecedented history appear to be routine was especially impressive. Source link
Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Source link
Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to make her major league debut this weekend, becoming the first female umpire in a century and a half of big league baseball. Source link
It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It’s been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s….
Major League Baseball’s average salary broke the $5 million barrier on opening day for the first time, according to a study by The Associated Press. Source link
“Extreme Makeover: Baseball Edition” is about to premiere. Source link
Major League Baseball is being dragged into the future, even as some players and fans kick and scream. Thirteen spring training ballparks debuted a new Automated Ball-Strike System to allow players to challenge balls and strikes. Source link
Major League Baseball is being dragged into the future, even as some players and fans kick and scream. Thirteen spring training ballparks debuted a new Automated Ball-Strike System to allow players to challenge balls and strikes. Source link
President Trump said Friday he would posthumously pardon former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose, who had served in prison for tax evasion and had been banned from the Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame over gambling allegations. Source link
