1st full time female coach in mlb history.

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

The Giants.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...-alyssa-nakken-first-female-coach-mlb-history
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/us/san-francisco-giants-female-coach-spt-trnd/index.html

 

[soccerdad72]

About time

 

[lynxstch]

Good for her..I wish her luck!

 

[starvenger]

Cool. Nuff said.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I was talking to my DS about it tonight when we saw it on the news. He's a college player and thinks it's great.

From the article:

The team said Nakken has been responsible for "developing, producing and directing a number of the organization's health and wellness initiatives and events."

This is good, as more sports teams are focusing on well-being and encouraging things like better nutrition and yoga to stretch and calm the mind, etc. It will be interesting to see how it plays out and whether it helps the team with its success.

 

[Searc]

Aubrey Huff had his usual classy response.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Aubrey Huff had his usual classy response.

"Couldn’t imagine taking baseball instruction from an ex-female softball player."
He can't take instruction from anyone. He's an idiot.

 

[gwynne]

Great news!!!

 

[disneychrista]

Go Giants!

 

[low-key]

I dont know about this, can she scratch herself and chew tobbacco , lol

 

[disneychrista]

I dont know about this, can she scratch herself and chew tobbacco , lol

Well anything a "man" can do a woman can and better.

 

[ponyboy]

"Couldn’t imagine taking baseball instruction from an ex-female softball player."
He can't take instruction from anyone. He's an idiot.

The way it sounds she isn't going to be in the position of a traditional coach as far as baseball instruction goes. From the articles I've read I don't really understand what her position is going to entail.

"Mark and Alyssa will focus on fostering a clubhouse culture that promotes high performance through, among other attributes, a deep sense of collaboration and team"

That quote makes it sound like they're going to be in charge of team building and behind the scenes stuff. I wish they would explain it a little further to allow better understanding of their roles.

 

[dish rag]

About time

It’s only about time if she was the best qualified candidate, can win and make the company money.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

"Couldn’t imagine taking baseball instruction from an ex-female softball player."
He can't take instruction from anyone. He's an idiot.

I don't think you meant to phrase this the way you did.

 

[Searc]

I don't think you meant to phrase this the way you did.

That's a direct quote from Huff.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

That's a direct quote from Huff.

Is it? Sorry about my statement.

Aubrey Huff should have phrased his statement in a better way. But given his attitude, I'm not surprised.

 

[Searc]

Is it? Sorry about my statement.

Aubrey Huff should have phrased his statement in a better way. But given his attitude, I'm not surprised.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1217965364123856896

He's vile and fails at being a decent human daily. His twitter feed tells all you need to know about him. I have him blocked on twitter.

 

[skyblue17]

Aubrey Huff had his usual classy response.

Who's that, the only first baseman i remember from the 2010 WS team is Travis Ishikawa.

 

[starvenger]

Huff sounds like a "wonderful" human being. I'm amazed no MLB team has hired him to be a coach in their org.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

It’s only about time if she was the best qualified candidate, can win and make the company money.

Do you have anything to indicate she wasn't the best qualified candidate?