January 9, 2024
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The Miami Marlins have hired Rachel Balkovec from the Yankees organization to be their new Director of Player Development.
Balkovec was the first woman to manage in the minor leagues. She spent the last two years as the manager of the Yankees' single-A Tampa club.
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Never, never underestimate a woman.
I'm disappointed, only because I was hoping she would move up to higher levels of the Yankee farm system (High A or AA, maybe even AAA), and I was curious how she would do with the challenge of managing at higher levels of the system.
My favorite moment of Rachel Balkovec's managing career? It would be the time when Rachel, a female manager was ejected from the game by a female umpire, the only "all female" ejection in the history of affiliated minor league baseball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9bcXmqxRzA .
The Yankees should thank their lucky stars and now hire a former major league ballplayer to prepare single a prospects for life in the major leagues and how major league ballplayers prepare for a season and games. Of course, they will not and will hire a college assistant coach.
Good for her. Now fire Cashman & get a real GM
Congratulations to her. Now, if only Hal would fire Cashman and hire Kim Ng.