3 baseball trailblazers

Effa Manley In the 1930s and 1940s, Effa Manley co-owned a Negro League baseball team with her husband. In 2006, she became the first woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Alyssa Nakken In 2020, Alyssa Nakken was hired by the San Francisco Giants and became the first full-time female coach in Major League Baseball history. She remained with the team until 2024, when she joined the Cleveland Guardians’ player development staff. Nicole Sherry At Camden Yards in Maryland, the home stadium of the Baltimore Orioles, Nicole Sherry is the head groundskeeper. She is one of two women who have ever held that top job at a Major League ballpark.…

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