ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ā There was history ā and her story, too ā in the broadcast booth at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night.
For the first time in Major League Baseball history, an all-female announcing crew called a game as the Tampa Bay Rays played the Baltimore Orioles.
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The YouTube broadcast featured Melanie Newman on play-by-play with Sarah Langs as the analyst. Alanna Rizzo was the on-field reporter, and Heidi Watney and Lauren Gardner hosted the pregame and postgame coverage.
āThis was so much FUN!ā Langs tweeted after the Rays' 9-3 win.
āHonored to be part of a historic moment, but more than anything, just so overjoyed to get to work alongside" her colleagues, she said, praising them as āStrong, smart & inspiring WOMEN and PEOPLE!ā
Newman is the Orioles' play-by-play radio announcer, Langs writes for MLB.com and Rizzo, Watney and Gardner are on air for MLB Network.
āItās not a novelty, itās about normalcy,ā MLB Network tweeted.
āTrailblazersā posted the official MLB Twitter account.
Tennis champion and social justice advocate Billie Jean King celebrated the broadcast by posting on Twitter: āItās a history-making night for #MLB.ā
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