San Francisco Giants' Alyssa Nakken, 31, makes major league history as first woman to coach on field

[PufPuf23]

Source: espn

SAN FRANCISCO -- Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from the dugout, when suddenly the call came: The San Francisco Giants needed her to coach at first base.

She quickly pulled off her sweatshirt, grabbed her No. 92 jersey and found a bright orange batting helmet.


A few minutes later, Nakken made major league history as the first woman to coach on the field in a regular-season game when she took her spot Tuesday night in a 13-2 win over the San Diego Padres.

"I think we're all inspirations doing everything that we do on a day-to-day basis and I think, yes, this carries a little bit more weight because of the visibility, obviously there's a historical nature to it," she said. "But again, this is my job."

Read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33727846/alyssa-nakken-31-makes-major-league-history-first-woman-coach-field-regular-season-game-san-francisco-giants

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Cool!

[ificandream]

1. That was a cool moment when she took her place on the field.

Even members of the San Diego Padres, who the Giants were playing, congratulated her.

[SallyHemmings]

2. Won't it be great when this is no longer news...its routine

[ificandream]

3. Shame on major league baseball for taking so long to do this.