By more than a centurythe baseball industry was under the exclusive control of mencornering women into roles with no impact on the game.
However, the feminist revolution within sports which began several decades ago in other sports leagues and platforms, It shook Major League Baseball (MLB) for a few years.
At 47 years old, Jen Pawol is close to becoming the first female umpire in official Major League games. While the Opening Day arrives – March 30 – Pawol will work with the rest of the players in the spring fields.
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The originally from New Jersey will be on the bases in the meeting between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals in the Grapefruit League.
Pawol will be the first woman to judge Spring Training in 17 years. Ria Cortesio was the previous woman to umpire spring training games in 2007. She spent nine years in the minor leagues, including the last five in the Double-A Southern League, then was released after the 2007 season.
Regarding the other two major sports leagues in the United States, MLB presents a delay of 27 years with the opening that NBA showed 27 years ago by having the first woman referee in a season match and nine after the NFL.
Pawol has enough credentials to be in official games. He started in the Gulf Coast League in 2016, promoted to the New York/Penn League in 2017 and his path continued to the Midwest League in 2018. He worked in the South Atlantic League in 2019, the Midwestern League High-A West in 2021, the Double-A Eastern League and the Triple-A International and Pacific Coast Leagues last year.
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2024-02-24 07:05:14
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