Melanie Newman remembers being in college, unsure a career in play-by-play announcing would be in her future. There were few role models for her to look up to, yet she persevered. In 2020, seven years after graduating from Troy University in Alabama, Newman made history when she became the first woman in Orioles history to be a play-in-play announcer.
On Tuesday, Newman will make history yet again as part of MLB’s first-ever all-female broadcast when the Orioles face the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the “MLB Game of the Week on YouTube” at 7:10 p.m.
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