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Alyssa Nakken of the San Francisco Giants made history in Monday night’s game against the Oakland Athletics. She became the first woman to train on the field during an MLB game when she entered and took over as the team’s first-base coach in her 6-2 victory.
Nakken replaced Antoan Richardson at the end of the Summer Camp exhibition game.
Then she tweeted, “I look calm, but what a rush!”
The team celebrated their achievement and Giants outfielder Hunter Pence tweeted after the win: “Congratulations on making history!”
The 30-year-old joined the Giants coaching staff in January and became the first woman in the major leagues to hold a full-time coaching role. She started the organization in 2014, going from being an intern in the baseball operations department.
While he was his first first base coach during a game on Monday, he is no stranger to the responsibilities of the role, thanks to the summer intra-escalation games. She also worked with Richardson this offseason and supervised base and running instructions.
Nakken knows that she is leading the way for other women in the sport and admits she has a “great sense of responsibility” to serve as a good example.
“I feel it is my job to honor those who have helped me where I am,” he told MLB.com in February. “Coaching, I never saw it. This work has been hidden for a long time. I am very excited to be in this role for the challenge and the opportunity to have an impact on this organization that I love. But also, I am excited that now the Girls can see there’s a job on the baseball field. It’s really cool. “
