View Full Version : Orioles hire female groundskeeper
Brian McKenna
10-22-2006, 08:50 AM
Nicole Sherry
http://www.nj.com/sports/times/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1161318610216180.xml&coll=5
anjo25
10-23-2006, 05:52 AM
Im sure irs happened before, though im not sure of the name or the team...
Brownie31
10-25-2006, 04:47 PM
Im sure irs happened before, though im not sure of the name or the team...
What was the position of the woman with the Padres that
Keith Hernandez griped about?
Brownie31
Brian McKenna
10-28-2006, 06:40 AM
Heather Nabozny, Head Groundskeeper -- Detroit Tigers
LadyMarlin71
10-28-2006, 07:43 PM
What was the position of the woman with the Padres that
Keith Hernandez griped about?
Brownie31
I think she was the massage therapist or something like that. I saw a story on TWIB about her and the other women in MLB (The groundskeeper for Detroit and the organist for the Cubs(?). She worked with the Braves and Ryan Klesko asked her to come to the Padres when he went there.
SABR Matt
10-29-2006, 09:31 AM
We've already got a major female executive (the woman in the Dodger organization)...I think we're past caring about female groundskeepers.
Brian McKenna
10-29-2006, 11:42 AM
I think we're past caring about female groundskeepers.
Great input, thanks. :crazy
SABR Matt
10-30-2006, 05:13 PM
Great input, thanks. :crazy
Great wit, thanks. :crazy
Seriously, people...why is it news that there is a female groundskeeper? I would think the community that supports more female representation in the game (of which I am a member), would be more concerned with positions that actually matter in the grand scheme of things.
sandlot
10-30-2006, 06:11 PM
Seriously, people...why is it news that there is a female groundskeeper? I would think the community that supports more female representation in the game (of which I am a member), would be more concerned with positions that actually matter in the grand scheme of things.I understand the point you're making, but at the same it's not inconsistent with noting that a baseball-related position of importance -- and who's to say that groundskeeping does not "actually matter in the grand scheme of things"? -- has been taken by a female. I'll bet it's pretty important to her and to other women who are hoping to enter or move up in that profession. I remember when I was a golf caddy (how I put myself through school) that there was a schoolmate who wanted to go to the state university and study groundskeeping, and it was really her passion, but she kept getting told that it was really a profession for guys, very physical, blah blah, but she tried anyway and it was a real struggle -- very little support, no other women, etc. It was a lonely battle. If this woman's managed to become the groundskeeper for a pro baseball team, hats off to her. She's had to pay some dues.