All across professional baseball, women are making an unprecedented impact. The number of women working in both on- and off-field roles in the game is growing like never before, blazing trails in the sport’s coaching, scouting and executive ranks alike. From Rachel Balkovec to Alyssa Nakken let's have a look at the magnificent Women that broke Barriers in modern baseball.
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Rachel is a minor league hitting coach for the New York Yankees and has worked in professional baseball for 7 years. She is the first woman to be a full-time strength and conditioning coach and also the first woman to be a full-time hitting coach in the history of professional baseball.
Nakken, hired to the Giants' coaching staff in January 2020, became the first woman to be named a coach on an MLB staff. A woman who created the history.
Bianca Smith landed a job as a minor league coach in the Boston Red Sox organization, becoming the first Black woman to coach professional baseball.
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Rachel Folden
Growing up playing Little League on a team of all boys, Rachel Folden was used to being the only girl on a baseball field. Back then, Folden vowed to never be the only woman on a field.