The Boston Red Sox just hired Bianca Smith - the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball
Source: CNN
Full Headline: The Boston Red Sox just hired Bianca Smith -- the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball history
(CNN)The Boston Red Sox just made history by hiring Bianca Smith, the first Black woman to coach in the history of professional baseball.
Smith will serve as a minor league coach within the organization, based at the club's player development facility in Fort Myers, Florida, and will work mainly with position players, according to MLB.com.
A report about Smith surfaced last week in the Boston Globe and the team officially acknowledged the new hire Monday evening on Twitter.
"I think it's a great opportunity also to just kind of inspire other women who are interested in this game," she said on MLB Network. "This is not something I thought about when I was younger and I kind of fell into it being an athlete, so I'm excited to get that chance to show what I can do."
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Bravo!
