(WJZ)- Major League Baseball past was made connected Tuesday nighttime erstwhile the Orioles met the Tampa Bay Rays astatine Tropicana Field. The broadcast of the game, seen connected YouTube, featured the archetypal all-female broadcast unit to enactment an MLB game. The absorption from fans was overwhelmingly positive.
After MLB posted connected their Twitter relationship a photograph of the broadcast unit with the caption “Trailblazers. The archetypal all-woman broadcast unit successful MLB history!” the Orioles squad relationship replied that it won’t beryllium the last.
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Won't beryllium the last! 👏👏👏👏👏
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) July 21, 2021
The meaning of the broadcast wasn’t mislaid connected fans astatine the stadium either, with the broadcast showing a brace of girls holding up a motion expressing the aforesaid sentiment.
Why is this broadcast important?
This close present 👇 pic.twitter.com/ARcHil1fIv
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) July 21, 2021
Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander had immoderate thoughts connected the broadcast arsenic well, helium was seen connected video talking with teammate Kelvin Gutierrez anterior to the crippled and discussing the value of the broadcast.
The treatment betwixt the 2 players was successful Spanish, but the broadcast provided translation. Santander, aft discussing however important it is for women to support carving retired their spot successful baseball, remarked, “They are already smarter than we are anyway.”
Orioles players Kelvin Gutierrez and Anthony Santander sermon the archetypal all-women broadcast successful MLB history. 🤗
🎥 @TimothyRRyder pic.twitter.com/tuOEGhwaWB
— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) July 21, 2021
As for the fans, they replied successful droves to MLB’s tweet, with the bulk chiming successful with affirmative responses to the broadcast.
I emotion this. I would emotion to spot astatine slightest these 4 women person stints arsenic broadcasters for large league teams oregon networks for an extended time. Not lone are they large but they person tons of acquisition and endowment to bring to the main broadcast crews
— Brooks Anthony (@thbrooksanthony) July 21, 2021
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— Agary44 (@Agary44) July 21, 2021
Congratulations ladies! I truly enjoyed this broadcast and hopefully this happens much often 🙏 #MLB #History
— Dominick Ruocco (@DominickRuocco) July 21, 2021
SO arrogant of each the women who were portion of past night's all-female MLB broadcast crew. @alannarizzo @HeidiWatney @SlangsOnSports @MelanieLynneN @LGRed
again, can't hold until this isn't quality – but portion it is, truthful thrilled and proud.
— Lauren Peikoff (@laurenpeikoff) July 21, 2021
The unit each took to their assorted Twitter accounts to convey fans for the enactment they’ve been shown since the broadcast aired.
I virtually can’t support up with each the notifications truthful I conscionable privation to accidental a large convey you to each benignant tweet, substance etc implicit the past 24 hours. The infinitesimal has not sank successful yet but calling the crippled past nighttime with specified an astonishing unit of women is simply THE champion 🧡
— Melanie Newman (@MelanieLynneN) July 21, 2021
Baseball is the best! Thanks truthful overmuch to everyone progressive astatine @MLBNetwork & @YouTube! https://t.co/ppzOuiWltp
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) July 21, 2021
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