Rizzo was in high school in Colorado in 1993 when her accounting teacher brought a television into the classroom so they could watch the first Rockies game. Later that same year, Gayle Gardner became the first woman to broadcast a televised game between Colorado and the Cincinnati Reds. “Having the first female tag is something that has come up in my career,” Newman said, “and it’s something I recognize as very important. According to Noah Garden, M.L.B.’s chief revenue officer, the plan is to make all-female booths a more regular feature of games, and to add diversity of backgrounds and women of color. She did her first game on radio in 1992 between the Mets and the Houston Astros, and within two years she was announcing televised games.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2021 06:56 UTC