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
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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
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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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About | rachel-balkovec
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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
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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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Chasing Baseball – McFarland
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Drawing Card – McFarland
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Girl Warriors – McFarland
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Hardball in the House of David – McFarland
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In Memoriam: Dorothy Seymour Mills | Society for American Baseball Research
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The Sceptre gives us the adventures of Katya Becker, an Austrian immigrant to Cleveland, who returns to her homeland to research the meaning of two ancient symbols she once saw in a prehistoric salt mine. While there she uncovers a Nazi plot to disrupt the Salzburg Festival of 1935 by kidnapping Maestro Toscanini.
— Read on www.dorothyjanemills.com/about-the-sceptre/

Virne Beatrice “Jackie” Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1912 – January 7, 1987)[1] was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.[2]
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Mitchell

Not again.
— Read on www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/columns/story/2019/nov/18/wiedmer-losing-lookouts-mlb-greed-despicable/508550/

Current and former students of HIST 362: Baseball and American History explain why the class is so popular. 
— Read on www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/11/matt-andrews-1119

The defiant girls who refuse to play softball instead of baseball, and why they rock – Valliant News
— Read on valliantnews.com/2019/11/18/the-defiant-girls-who-refuse-to-play-softball-instead-of-baseball-and-why-they-rock/

For girls who just / want to play Baseball
— Read on girlsplaybaseball.blog/

As the widow of Dr. Harold Seymour, the first and leading historian of baseball, I was for 40 years closely involved with the field of baseball history, doing his research, organization, correspondence, and even a lot of his writing.
— Read on www.dorothyjanemills.com/sports-history/

Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel [Dorothy Seymour Mills] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In the early 20th century, two female baseball players signed with minor league teams only to have their contracts canceled when their gender became public. They withdrew politely
— Read on www.amazon.com/Drawing-Card-Dorothy-Seymour-Mills/dp/0786468149/ref=nodl_

“Baseball: The People’s Game,” was written by Dorothy Jane Mills, a Naples author and an authority on the sport, and her late husband Harold Seymour.
— Read on www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2016/07/09/naples-woman-her-book-help-baseball-documentary/86872018/

Amazon.com: Baseball: The Early Years (Oxford Paperbacks) (9780195059120): Harold Seymour, Dorothy Seymour Mills, Dorothy Z. Seymour, Dorothy Jane Mills: Books
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Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award (Women in Baseball) | Society for American Baseball Research
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Dorothy Jane Mills is an author, editor, consultant and speaker who has written numerous sports history, historical fiction and children’s books. As the widow of baseball’s leading historian, Dr. Harold Seymour, she was his co-author in the classic series on baseball history they wrote together.
— Read on www.dorothyjanemills.com/

Ben Cherington has a fascinating backstory. Here’s more about his makeup and the guy the Pirates are getting.
— Read on www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2019/11/16/Ben-Cherington-backstory-Pirates-GM-wife-teaching-Red-Sox-Amherst/stories/201911160041

PH women’s baseball cops bronze, earns spot in world championship | Inquirer Sports
— Read on sports.inquirer.net/373736/ph-womens-baseball-cops-bronze-earns-spot-in-world-championship

Four years before Amelia Earhart ever got into a plane, Ruth Law was already making a name for herself in the skies.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-first-queen-of-the-air-1/

Women and girls are no longer content just to have a chance to play; we are demanding that sports be rebuilt altogether.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/opinion/girls-sports.html

When Missy Cooper gets bullied for playing baseball by the other girls, the show addresses the gender stereotyping in a beautiful manner.
— Read on meaww.com/young-sheldon-missy-cooper-baseball-bullied-gender-stereotypes-addressed-fans-love-it

Idaho Falls Chukars to sport new logo, uniforms and name as part of ‘Copa de la Diversion’ | East Idaho News
— Read on www.eastidahonews.com/2019/11/idaho-falls-chukars-to-sport-new-logo-uniforms-and-name-as-part-of-copa-de-la-diversion/