Schmidt: SABR member Justine Siegal to manage two games in pro ball
From Danny Schmidt at the Marin Independent Journal on June 27, 2016, on SABR member Justine Siegal:
In 1991, a 16-year-old Justine Siegal told her high school baseball coach she planned to coach at the collegiate level one day.
“He laughed at me and said a man would never listen to a woman on a baseball field,” she said. “I’ve never seen him again, but I bet he’d be really proud of me if he knew.
“Sometimes people aren’t against an idea, they just never thought about it before. That makes a big difference to recognize.”
Siegal, 41, won’t have trouble commanding the attention from the San Rafael Pacifics. The Los Angeles resident will manage the independent minor-league baseball team for two historic games this week, Wednesday and Thursday night, against the Sonoma Stompers at Albert Park. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.
“Women are oftentimes discouraged from playing baseball at a young age,” Pacifics president and general manager Mike Shapiro said, “and we hope that these two games will help young women and girls to pursue their baseball dreams.”
Read the full article here: http://www.marinij.com/sports/20160627/pacifics-notes-pioneer-justine-siegal-set-to-manage-two-games-for-san-rafael
Originally published: June 28, 2016. Last Updated: June 28, 2016.