3 w. ago ‘The dream came true’: Major League Baseball gets its first female umpire

Jen Pawol, 48, was given an ovation when she took to the pitch for a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta BravesIt was, she said, the day “the dream came true”. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former art teacher, made US sporting history at the weekend when she became the first female umpire of a Major League Baseball game during the regular season.Pawol, whose debut came on Saturday in a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, was given a standing ovation as she arrived on the pitch. Supporters held up signs reading “Pawol making HERstory” and “the time has come for one and all to play ball” – a nostalgic reference to A League of Their Own, the classic sports film about a women’s baseball league during the second world war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jen Pawol breaks MLB's gender barrier as the first female umpire to work a regular

Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues

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4 w. ago Jen Pawol feels like `fully charged battery ready to go' ahead of breaking big league gender barrier

Jen Pawol is set to make history as the first female umpire in more than 150 years of Major League Baseball

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4 w. ago From art teacher to trailblazer: Jen Pawol’s long road to becoming MLB’s first female umpire

After rising through the ranks, umpiring the lower minor leagues to Triple A, Jen Pawol is on the cusp of making history as the MLB’s first female umpire, writes Rhian Lubin

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4 w. ago Jen Pawol will be MLB's first female umpire. Here are other women who broke officiating barriers

Jen Pawol is set to make history as the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game

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4 w. ago Jen Pawol to become first woman to umpire Major League Baseball game

Pawol will work Marlins-Braves doubleheaderFirst woman to umpire in MLB regular seasonMove follows other major leagues’ gender shiftsJen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.Pawol will work the bases in Saturday’s doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB told the Associated Press on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins

Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves

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