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LSU grad becomes first female MLB hitting coach
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:19 pm
Congrats to this trailblazing Tiger!
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Balkovec was coaching during spring training of her first season with the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla. when the start of the season was delayed because of the coronavirus.
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Balkovec’s baseball career started off in the minors. After graduating from LSU she took an internship with the St. Louis Cardinals.
“I was with one of their rookie league teams as a strength and conditioning coach. When it ended, I moved to the Dominican Republic and worked with a winter baseball team,” Balkovec said.
After her year with the Cardinals was up she spent a year away from baseball looking for work. Balkovec soon found her way back to baseball by taking an internship with the Chicago White Sox’s, which then lead to her second job with the St. Louis Cardinals. She served as the Cardinals’ minor league strength and conditioning coordinator for two years.
“I was overseeing 250 athletes and 10 male strength coaches – that was one my biggest breaks in my career,” she said.
That was followed by three years with the Houston Astros as their Latin America strength and conditioning coordinator, and their double-A strength and conditioning coach.
“Then I quit at the end of 2018 and went back to school, this time to Amsterdam for a year and completed my research for that degree in Seattle. Then I was hired by the New York Yankees as a minor league hitting coach. It’s been quite a journey, a little bit different, but I wouldn’t take any of it back,” Balkovec said.
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:23 pm to lsu2006
You’re going to get blasted for not posting pics
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:24 pm to Master of Sinanju
Anyone willing to bet she isnt a dyke?
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:24 pm to lsu2006
Also..
You knew that was coming
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According to Balkovec, she faced gender discrimination along the way which encouraged her to work harder.
You knew that was coming
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:25 pm to lsu2006
Bit of a stretch when there's a position called "hitting coach".
She's not part of the coaching staff and she's a Roving Hitting Instructor.
She's not part of the coaching staff and she's a Roving Hitting Instructor.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:26 pm to lsu2006
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:26 pm to lsu2006
Paul should consider hiring former softball players to help his team. The boys can't hit for shite.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:27 pm to Mr. Hangover
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You knew that was coming
Is it really a stretch to think maybe she actually did face some discrimination? Either way, her actual quote about it isn't whiny or playing victim in the least.
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“Early on in my career it was kind of a necessity because of my gender. Understanding I was going to have to do a little bit more than others, which I’m fine with. It wasn’t always fun but I look back and I’m grateful that I did have to go above and beyond because I’m better for it now obviously,” Balkovec said.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:28 pm to The Boat
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Bit of a stretch when there's a position called "hitting coach".
She's not part of the coaching staff and she's a Roving Hitting Instructor.
Well excuuuuse me
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:31 pm to lsu2006
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Is it really a stretch to think maybe she actually did face some discrimination?
Lol, no, it's a certainty. I poo-poo a lot of these claims, but hers seems honest, and I've been in a locker room before. I wish her well.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:32 pm to Master of Sinanju
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:33 pm to Mr. Hangover
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According to Balkovec, she faced gender discrimination along the way which encouraged her to work harder.
You knew that was coming
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:36 pm to lsu2006
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MLB hitting coach
do steroids. hit homeruns. if that fails wear this buzzer.
it isnt hard to be an mlb hitting coach.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:37 pm to DaGarun
quote:Why? It is objectively harder for a woman to get the upper hand in a male-ridden business. The wage gap statistics aren't fabricated like the COVID-19 ones.
I poo-poo a lot of these claims
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:40 pm to AwesomeSauce
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:41 pm to CaptainPanic
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The wage gap statistics aren't fabricated like the COVID-19 ones.
Yes they are. And by the same people.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:41 pm to lsu2006
Haven't said this about a Yankees hitting coach since 2005, but IWHI.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:46 pm to Oilfieldbiology
quote:someone needs to tell the evil leftists who are doing nothing but tear our once great country apart that baseball is a mens sport, exclusively for men
And by the same people.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:51 pm to lsu2006
Such an inspiration
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