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Jen Pawol Became the First Female Umpire in MLB History

Jen Pawol makes baseball history as first woman to umpire an MLB game: ‘The dream actually came true today’

Baseball umpire Jen Pawol made history Saturday in Atlanta as she became the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball regular season game.

Jen Pawol makes MLB history as first female umpire, donates cap to Hall of Fame

Pawol's rise to make MLB history came 28 years after the NBA gender barrier for game officials was broken and 10 years after the NFL hired its first full-time female official. The men's soccer World Cup first hired a female referee three years ago. The NHL has not had any women as on-ice officials.

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Jen Pawol made her MLB umpire debut amid unprecedented scrutiny — and held up just fine

One could say Jen Pawol earned the greatest compliment an umpire could get: Aside from her trailblazing debut, you'd have hardly noticed her.

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Major League Baseball needed this. Jen Pawol deserved it

Years after the NBA and NFL welcomed female officials, Major League Baseball finally allowed Pawol to get the call that ...

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Pawol all business, receives praise for shattering barrier

Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday's game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was ...

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