Minor League Baseball selects first female manager
Published: Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:17 PM CST
(CNN) - Minor League Baseball has selected its first female manager.
Rachel Balkovec, 34, confirmed Sunday she has been hired to manage the Tampa Tarpons, a team affiliated with the New York Yankees.
The move comes after the Yankees hired Balkovec in 2019 as the first woman to be a full-time hitting coach in a Major League Baseball organization.
Before that, Balkovec worked with the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox.
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