In 2018, the New York Mets took an important step. They hired ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza as an advisor for the front office and it was the first time the Mets had hired a woman to such a role.
The fact it was a trailblazing woman like Mendoza only made it better. Mendoza holds a number of records. She’s the first woman to call a nationally televised baseball game, the first woman to call a baseball game on ESPN, and the first woman to call a postseason game.
She was a shining star to women everywhere that they have a place in the world of baseball.