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MLB's First Female Minor-league Manager Living 'American Dream
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Rachel Balkovec is the First Woman to Manage Minor League Baseball Team
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Rachel Balkovec cheered, wins debut managing Yanks affiliate
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Rachel Balkovec will become first woman to manage an MLB-affiliated team - Los Angeles Times
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MLB's First Female Minor-league Manager Living 'American Dream
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Rachel Balkovec becomes first female Minor League Baseball team manager
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Yankees' Rachel Balkovec named first female minor league baseball manager
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Rachel Balkovec cheered in historic debut managing New York Yankees minor league team - ESPN
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Rachel Balkovec will become first woman to manage an MLB-affiliated team - Los Angeles Times
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Rachel Balkovec cheered, wins debut managing Yanks affiliate
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San Francisco Giants' Alyssa Nakken, 31, makes major league history as first woman to coach on field in regular-season game - ESPN
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