Yankees minor league supervisor Rachel Balkovec ejected from recreation by feminine umpire

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – In some methods, it was a typical argument between a minor league supervisor and an umpire.

In one other, nothing peculiar in any respect.

Rachel Balkovec, skipper of the New York Yankees’ affiliate within the Florida State League, was ejected Friday night time for the primary time this season. And the ump who threw her out of the sport can be a lady.

A disputed name at first base – and an indication of some altering instances in skilled baseball.

With her Class A Tampa Tarpons trailing 1-0 within the eighth inning in opposition to the Daytona Tortugas, a Cincinnati Reds farm group, Balkovec thought the Daytona first baseman’s foot got here off the bag on a double play.

Balkovec argued the out name and was tossed by discipline umpire Isabella Robb earlier than a crowd of 791 at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

In the low minors, video games are sometimes officiated by solely two umps: one behind the plate and the opposite within the discipline.

Not lengthy after Balkovec was ejected, Tampa rallied for 4 runs within the backside of the ninth to win 4-3.

Balkovec, who turns 36 subsequent week, is in her second season managing the Tarpons. Last 12 months she grew to become the primary girl to be the full-time supervisor for a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball group.

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