The Major League Baseball season begins Thursday, and the minor league teams will be playing games a week later.
When the Lexington Legends, who are a Royals' Class A affiliate ,hit the field, they will make a bit of South Atlantic League history thanks to a Mizzou graduate who will be calling the games.
The Legends hired Emma Tiedemann last month to replace Keith Elkins as the play-by-play broadcaster. According to MiLB.com, Kirsten Karbach of Class A-Advanced Clearwater Threshers is the only other female lead broadcasters in minor-league baseball.
Lexington's games will be broadcast only on MiLB.