All-Women Crew Will Call MLB Game for the First Time Ever

All-Women Crew, Will Call MLB Game, For the First Time Ever.
All-Women Crew, Will Call MLB Game, For the First Time Ever.
On June 20, a Major League Baseball
game will be called entirely
by women for the first time ever.
On June 20, a Major League Baseball
game will be called entirely
by women for the first time ever.
For next week's Baltimore Orioles game
against the Tampa Bay Rays an on-air crew
of 5 women will call the entire broadcast.
According to the New York Times,
this is the first time an all-women
team will call a major league game.
Yahoo News reports
that the Orioles’ radio
play-by-play announcer,
Melanie Newman, will
head the broadcast. .
Baseball analyst and writer
for MLB.com, Sarah Langs,
will be the booth's analyst.
Alanna Rizzo, formerly of the Los
Angeles Dodgers broadcast team,
will be the on-field reporter.
The MLB Network's Heidi Watney and Lauren Gardner are slated to host the pregame and postgame shows.
The MLB Network's Heidi Watney and Lauren Gardner are slated to host the pregame and postgame shows.
"I’ve always had a male
play-by-play voice in my ear
during every game I’ve ever
done. ... It’s exciting to be
a part of something like this, Alanna Rizzo, via the New York Times