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Rachel Balkovec on Breaking Barriers in Baseball
I Am Home podcast
English - January 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBMarketing Business Arts Design design family interiordesign nebraska architecture furniture home homestyling iamhome mrsb Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On this episode of I AM HOME, the NFM team is sitting down with Rachel Balkovec, an Omaha native who is a three-time “first” woman in professional baseball. She started out as the first woman in baseball as a strength and conditioning coach, then became the first woman to be a full-time hitting coach, and currently, she is the first woman to be a minor league manager for the Tampa Tarpons, the Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
Rachel talks to our hosts Tyler, Becca, and Hilary, about overcoming obstacles, her efforts to empower women, and how finding ‘home’ in human connection is important to her coaching style. Join us today for an in-depth and vulnerable conversation with this barrier breaker!
Find Rachel today at:
IG - https://www.instagram.com/rachel.balkovec/?hl=en Her website - https://www.rachelbalkovec.com/Resources:
ESPN Profile - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33691782/new-york-yankees-minor-league-manager-rachel-balkovec-worked-entire-life-moment MLB Take the Field event (for women interested in working in baseball on the field) - https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-s-take-the-field-event-inspiring-women-in-baseball MLB Profile - https://www.mlb.com/news/rachel-balkovec-debuts-as-yankees-minor-league-manager ESPN after debut - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33701485/rachel-balkovec-cheered-historic-debut-managing-new-york-yankees-minor-league-team NPR after debut - https://www.npr.org/2022/04/09/1091879805/rachel-balkovec-the-1st-woman-to-manage-an-mlb-affiliated-team-debuts-with-a-win New York Times article in Jan. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/sports/baseball/rachel-balkovec-yankees.html New York Times profile after debut - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/sports/baseball/rachel-balkovec-yankees-tarpons.html