Elizabeth Rowe’s case against the Boston Symphony Orchestra could change how orchestras pay men and women.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/entertainment/music/orchestra-gender-pay-gap/

LAS VEGAS — Kedeem Octave arrived at his first Winter Meetings this week with eight job interviews already lined up. He doubted he would have been able to secure more than two on his own, but Octave credited Major League Baseball’s Diversity Pipeline Program and its senior director, Tyrone Brooks for helping him get his foot in the door. “It’s helped tremendously the past few months,” Octave said Monday. “[Brooks] has definitely gotten my name out there more. … I feel like getting involved with the game and trying to move up within the game, you can’t do it by yourself. It’s just like anything else. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-hosts-panels-on-diversity-inclusion-at-wm/c-301685508

LAS VEGAS — Over a year has passed since Major League Baseball suffered the sudden death of its own Katy Feeney, but no amount of time will erase the legacy she has left. After 39 years of hard work that took her from an entry-level assistant to breaking gender barriers as an executive, directing the construction of the entire Major League schedule not only left behind an impressive resume, but opened doors for young women who aspired to be just like her.
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/women-in-mlb-honored-at-katy-feeney-symposium/c-301630938

“MY LIFE IS not your porn,” read one poster. “We should be able to live, not survive,” declared another. The women brandishing them in the centre of Seoul, South Korea’s capital, wore red clothes and large sunglasses. They had covered their heads with baseball caps or broad-brimmed hats.
— Read on www.economist.com/asia/2018/12/08/south-korean-women-v-the-patriarchy

It’s the biggest social event on the offseason calendar, as the baseball world gathers for the 2018 Baseball Winter Meetings at the Mandalay Bay Resort.
— Read on ballparkdigest.com/2018/12/07/winter-meetings-begin-sunday-see-you-there/

Though Major League teams have made significant progress over the past couple of decades to infuse women into their front office operations, there are still many roles in the industry that remain exclusively for men — especially the jobs that are performed on or near the playing field. Major League Baseball is taking a strong stance in altering those trends.
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-hosts-womens-inclusion-conference/c-301599172

WomenCoin (CURRENCY:WOMEN) traded 47.9% lower against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on November 28th. One WomenCoin coin can currently be purchased for about $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on exchanges including YoBit and CoinExchange. Over the last week, WomenCoin has traded down 1.2% against the dollar. WomenCoin has a […]
— Read on www.baseballdailydigest.com/news/2018/12/05/womencoin-hits-market-cap-of-226887-00-women.html

This week on A Northwoods Moment in History , Gary Entz tells us about a late Three Lakes resident whose photograph hangs in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
— Read on www.wxpr.org/post/league-her-own-marie-kazmierczak

In other news: Sig Mejdal is amazing, DL Hall is a stud and the O’s raised money for the National Federation of the Blind.
— Read on www.camdenchat.com/2018/12/5/18126982/orioles-news-winter-meetings-free-agents-rumors-manager-trade-2018

There’s a clear difference between those that can play the game of baseball and those who want to play the game of baseball.
— Read on www.theoaklandpress.com/content/tncms/live/