On Wednesday, MLB announced that umpire Jen Pawol is set to get her first major league start behind the dish as part of the umpiring crew for the Braves' weekend series against the Marlins. It will make her the first female umpire to ever call a major league game, nearly 150 years after the National League was founded.
Pawol got her start in Rookie ball in 2016 and in 2023 became the first female umpire to reach Triple-A in 34 years (she's only the seventh professional female umpire in baseball history). Last year, she became the first female umpire to work at spring training game in 17 years, when she posted up along the third base line during an Astros-Nationals matchup.