MLB Winter Meetings began on December 8 in San Diego and concludes today. All 30 MLB teams are wheeling and dealing, trying to prepare for the upcoming season.
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When I tried out for my high school softball team my freshman year, I was pleasantly surprised by the mediocre but freshly-dragged dirt infield and yellowish-green outfield.  In my defense, it was a big step-up from the small field nestled behind the abandoned middle school, complete with potholes and weeds…
— Read on statehornet.com/2019/12/opinion-women-athletes-should-receive-the-same-treatment-as-men/

Rachel Balkovec wants to be a hit with the New York Yankees — and the way to do that is to help their minor leaguers get more hits.
— Read on www.3newsnow.com/sports/omahan-looks-to-break-barriers-as-minor-league-hitting-coach

Rachel Balkovec was hired in November and starts work next month as a minor league hitting coach of the New York Yankees.
— Read on fanbuzz.com/mlb/ap-rachel-balkovec-yankees-hitting-coach/

It’s Thursday night at Hermosillo’s baseball stadium, and the stands are packed with fervent fans, cheering on the city’s minor league team, the Naranjeros.Baseball in Hermosillo is a big party — with family and friends, food and drink, music and dancing. And of course the drama of the game.But tonight, the Naranjeros are also making history.“We present to you, Justine
— Read on fronterasdesk.org/content/1347516/mujeres-en-el-diamante-us-coach-brings-baseball-clinic-girls-mexico

Since 2017, Minor League Baseball’s Women in Baseball Leadership Event Scholarship has given women the chance to attend the Winter Baseball Meetings.
— Read on www.frntofficesport.com/women-in-leadership-milb/

Greta Thunberg has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change
— Read on time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/

A group of women find fitness and friendship playing a sport called rounders, which is similar to baseball or cricket.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/play-ball-women-bond-through-rounders-11575808200

Lauren Cummings is a young athlete with a twinkle in her eye. But that twinkle may be misleading.
— Read on www.montanasports.com/category/high-school/football/braids-basketball-baseball-and-football

Major League Baseball will host a selection of activities during the Baseball Winter Meetings designed to continue the considerable cultural growth of diversity and inclusion throughout the sport.
— Read on www.blacknews.com/news/major-league-mlb-baseball-winter-meetings-programs-diversity-inclusion/

As the 50th anniversary of Title IX approaches, former female athletes are donating millions to build facilities and endow scholarships and coaching positions at their alma maters.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/sports/women-donations-college-athletics.html

Vanderbilt’s 2019 NCAA baseball championship team turned down a White House invitation with Donald Trump; 2018 champs Oregon State went instead
— Read on www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2019/12/02/vanderbilt-baseball-declined-trump-white-house-invite-osu-takes-place-report/4350843002/

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met Monday with baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to discuss MLB’s proposal to that would drop 42 minor league teams from their leagues after the 2020 season. MLB is negotiating a new agreement with the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the governing body of the minors. The initial proposal primarily would impact lower-level teams in short-season leagues.
— Read on ktul.com/sports/content/baseball-commish-manfred-meets-with-bernie-sanders-over-minor-league-proposal

Hal Steinbrenner described Afterman as ‘essential’ to the organization.
— Read on www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-jean-afterman-assistant-gm-trailblazer-baseball-america-20191202-7tzdubh5rzd3lkh4swy4pqw2di-story.html

Saturday Nov. 30, 2019 is the 101st birthday of baseball icon Mary Pratt of Quincy.

— Read on www.patriotledger.com/blogs/20191129/happy-101st-birthday-to-baseball-legend-mary-pratt-of-quincy

Veronica Alvarez is the coach of the Oakland A’s and her trailblazing career is opening the door for more women to enter the sporting world of baseball.
— Read on wearemitu.com/entertainment/latina-coach-baseball/

HUNTINGTON — The Chicago Cubs recognize a great hitting instructor when they see one, regardless of gender.
— Read on www.herald-dispatch.com/content/tncms/live/

Mills had been living in Tucson for the last year.
— Read on tucson.com/content/tncms/live/

How can women break into the sport’s male-dominated industry? “There have to be people helping you along the way.”
— Read on theathletic.com/1406664/2019/11/26/inside-the-womens-sports-schools-first-baseball-scouting-weekend/

Diversity has been a looming issue in the baseball world since its infancy. One particular diversity concern that has gained attention over the last several
— Read on metsmerizedonline.com/2019/11/the-future-of-women-in-baseball-is-now.html/

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate noted that the teams will shut down even as the average MLB franchise generated $40 million in profits in 2018.
— Read on www.foxbusiness.com/politics/bernie-sanders-mlb-minor-league-baseball-plan

Rachel Luba talked with Sheryl Ring about her new agency, Bauer, and being a woman in a male-dominated field.
— Read on www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2019/11/25/20977770/conversation-with-trevor-bauers-new-agent-rachel-luba

Yankee exec says Red Sox step to plate for women in baseball | Daily Stock Dish
— Read on dailystockdish.com/yankee-exec-says-red-sox-step-to-plate-for-women-in-baseball/

New Cubs staffer Rachel Folden was honored to be one of the first females selected to a minor-league staff but wished opportunities for women occurred sooner.
— Read on www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-chicago-cubs-rachel-folden-20191124-k4a4c7lgcfc5lmlawh7f2scamy-story.html

Granderson and his organization, Chicago Baseball and Educational Academy, teamed up with Baseball For All to provide a training camp for girls ages 10-18 at UIC.
— Read on chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2019/11/23/20934967/curtis-granderson-cbea-aim-to-change-narrative-through-partnership-with-baseball-for-all

New Cubs Hire Rachel Folden ‘Perfect Person to Cross This Barrier’ as Lead Hitting Lab Tech in Mesa – Cubs Insider
— Read on www.cubsinsider.com/2019/11/23/new-cubs-hire-rachel-folden-perfect-person-to-cross-this-barrier-as-lead-hitting-lab-tech-in-mesa/

During Cubs Convention last winter, a young girl walked forward, grabbed a microphone and had a question for president of baseball operations Theo Epstein. She wanted to know if the team was planning on hiring more women throughout the organization. The audience cheered with approval.
“We are,” Epstein
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/cubs-announce-2020-minor-league-coaching-hires

The Women’s Sports School held their first scouting program to encourage women to work in baseball operations.
— Read on cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2019/11/22/improving-gender-diversity-women-scouts-baseball/

Rachel Balkovec: The First Female Strength & Conditioning Coach in the History of Professional Baseball Born and bred in sports in Omaha, Nebraska, Rachel Balkovec has always valued being part of a…
— Read on www.girlmeetsstrong.com/post/147353647829/rachel-balkovec-the-first-female-strength

Rachel Balkovec, Author at Onnit Academy
— Read on www.onnit.com/academy/author/rachel-balkovec/

Feed Me Fuel Me — Passion Before Paychecks w/ Rachel Balkovec — 82 — Shrugged Collective
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Rachel Balkovec was so eager to prove she was the most qualified candidate for a job as a strength and conditioning coach in baseball that she once altered her resume, spelling her first name “Rae” to make her name sound more gender neutral.Balkovec’s experience and resume were
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/astros-rachel-balkovec-breaking-down-barriers-c165143530

Needless to say, there are more men in the fitness profession then there
are women. In recent years, more and more women are becoming certified
trainers and some have even stepped into the heavily male dominant circle
of pro/college sports.
— Read on www.trainwithpush.com/blog/first-female-strength-coach-in-baseball-qa-w-rachel-balkovec

Episode 76: Rachel Balkovec, Doing the “Impossible” – Compete Every Day
— Read on blog.competeeveryday.com/rachel-balkovec/

The Yankees are preparing to make history with the addition of Rachel Balkovec, who will become one of the first female full-time hitting coaches hired by a big league organization, The New York Times reported on Friday evening.
The 32-year-old Balkovec signed her contract on Nov. 8,
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/yankees-hire-woman-coach-rachel-balkovec

Rachel Balkovec (@damselndadugout) / Twitter
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Rachel Balkovec, who has advanced degrees in movement and a string of minor league coaching jobs behind her, will join the organization in February.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/sports/baseball/yankees-woman-coach-hitting.html

“Cancel culture” has always existed — for the powerful, at least. Now, social media has democratized it.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/opinion/colin-kaepernick-nfl.html

Participants of Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series Amelia Sanchez, Arwen McCullough and Leiyah Tate-Roger stopped by NBC Studios to talk baseball and
— Read on www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/video/girls-baseball-breakthrough-series-participants-stop-studio

Front Page: Women’s Baseball Experience Part 2: Women Who Work in Baseball (A.K.A the One Where We Got a Panel of Female Employees Instead of a Player’s Wife) – posted in Minnesota Twins Talk: When you sign up for the Women’s Baseball Experience, they only have “Program and Women in Sports Panel *Please check back for panel list” on the description. In 2018 the panel consisted of Lindsey Buxton with Marney as the host. Lindsey was a good sport and answered our questions about Byron and…
— Read on twinsdaily.com/topic/35601-front-page-womens-baseball-experience-part-2-women-who-work-in-baseball-aka-the-one-where-we-got-a-panel-of-female-employees-instead-of-a-player’s-wife/

Women are advancing in non-traditional roles, but it’s slow and it demonstrates the teams just aren’t great at bringing the game to women at all levels as fans and players or as a career path. It’s not just the Twins, by the way. It’s across ML…
— Read on twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/womens-baseball-experience-part-3-why-aren’t-there-more-women-in-baseball-aka-the-one-where-we-need-more-marney-r8651

Sadaharu Oh announces 2020 Girl’s Baseball clinic
— Read on www.wbsc.org/news/sadaharu-oh-announced-2020-girls-baseball-clinic

Cutting-edge baseball academy about to open at 18th & Vine, but who will come play? – Valliant News
— Read on valliantnews.com/2019/11/20/cutting-edge-baseball-academy-about-to-open-at-18th-vine-but-who-will-come-play/

Harold Seymour received praise for his books on baseball history but didn’t give his wife credit as a co-author. Only after his death was her full partnership as a researcher acknowledged.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dorothy-seymour-mills-who-received-belated-credit-for-husbands-baseball-books-dies-at-91/2019/11/20/c6df24d4-0baf-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

JCCSF – Girls Who Run the World
— Read on www.jccsf.org/events/arts-ideas/girls-who-run-the-world/

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Shirley “Hustle” Burkovich. The former AAGPBL player talks to the boys about how and when she got her start playing professional baseball, how she got her nickname, if she saved anything from her playing days, the status of the Internati…
— Read on thesportsdaily.com/2019/11/19/the-hovg-podcast-shirley-burkovich-hovg11/

Troyuts for the Guam women’s national baseball team 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23; 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 24 at Paseo Stadium. Must be 16 or older.
— Read on www.guampdn.com/story/sports/2019/11/20/sports-tryouts-begin-saturday-guam-womens-national-baseball-team/4236066002/

Many years ago in a land far, far away (at least three states), I played softball. I was not very good. I was a catcher when we played with a tee and an outfielder when there was little chance of a ball being hit to me. Despite this inauspiciou…
— Read on twinsdaily.com/articles.html/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/womens-baseball-experience-part-1-woo-fun-on-the-field-aka-the-one-where-they-actually-let-us-on-the-target-field-grass-r8649

A Woman’s Work – McFarland
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