Aug. 11 (UPI) --Jen Pawol did the punch-out signal in the top of the first inning in Atlanta, highlighting MLB's first behind-the-plate umpire performance by a female. Pawol stood behind home for the first time Sunday during a series finale between the ...

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History was made on Saturday afternoon when trailblazer Jen Pawl became the first woman in history to umpire a Major League Baseball game. Pawol manned first base on Aug. 9, as the Atlanta Braves topped the Marlins in the first game of a day-night doubleheader before getting ready to take

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in Saturday’s doubleheader at Truist Park and the ...

Hewitt, N.J., native Jen Pawol became the first woman to umpire a regular-season MLB game last August. On Sunday, she was behind the plate calling balls and strikes in the Yankees-Athletics' game in West Sacramento,