{"id":428816,"date":"2022-04-09T02:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T23:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-rachel-balkovec-set-to-make-managerial-debut\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T02:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T23:08:35","slug":"yankees-rachel-balkovec-set-to-make-managerial-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-rachel-balkovec-set-to-make-managerial-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees&#8217; Rachel Balkovec set to make managerial debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a277b49f3eed\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a277b49f3eed\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-rachel-balkovec-set-to-make-managerial-debut\/#%E2%80%9CYankees_Rachel_Balkovec_set_to_make_managerial_debut%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Yankees&#8217; Rachel Balkovec set to make managerial debut&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYankees_Rachel_Balkovec_set_to_make_managerial_debut%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Yankees&#8217; Rachel Balkovec set to make managerial debut&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>LAKELAND, Fla. \u2014 Looking back on her journey before her first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> with Single-A Tampa, Rachel Balkovec reflected on the discrimination she experienced before becoming the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a major league team.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Balkovec held a pregame <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> session at Steinbrenner Field on Friday before the Yankees\u2019 minor league affiliate worked out ahead of its 40-mile bus ride for its Low-A Southeast opener at the Lakeland Flying Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been 10 years of just working to this point,\u201d Balkovec said. \u201cThings have evolved. I was blatantly discriminated against back then. Some people say not to say that but it\u2019s just part of what has h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened, and I think it\u2019s important to say because it lets you know how much change has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, blatant discrimination, that was 2010-ish, and now here we are 12 years later and I\u2019m sitting here at a press conference as a manager,\u201d Balkovec added.<\/p>\n<p>Balkovec has broken several barriers on her way to the position. She was the first woman to serve as a full-time minor league strength and conditioning coach, then the first to be a full-time hitting coach in the minors with the Yankees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Rachel-Balkovec.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rachel Balkovec\" class=\"wp-image-21837935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Rachel-Balkovec.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Rachel-Balkovec.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Rachel-Balkovec.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Rachel-Balkovec.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rachel Balkovec<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Yankees announced her hiring as a minor league manager in January.<\/p>\n<p>Balkovec, a former softball catcher at Creighton and New Mexico, got her first job in professional baseball with the Cardinals as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Balkovec joined the Astros in 2016. She was hired as the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator and later was the strength and conditioning coach at Double-A Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n<p>She joined the Yankees organization as a minor league hitting coach in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Balkovec, who missed out on her spring training managerial debut after being hit in the face by a batted ball during a drill March 22, arrived 10 minutes early for Friday\u2019s media session. Her parents also attended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall I feel really excited,\u201d Balkovec said. \u201cI feel excited because it\u2019s like, thankfully, I\u2019m in the best case scenario to accept a role like this because I had a lot of these players last year and I already know them. I\u2019m excited for the night because of what\u2019s going on but also just excited for the season because it\u2019s like, these are my guys.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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