All-Women Crew, Will Call MLB Game, For the First Time Ever.<br />All-Women Crew, Will Call MLB Game, For the First Time Ever.<br />On June 20, a Major League Baseball <br />game will be called entirely <br />by women for the first time ever.<br />On June 20, a Major League Baseball <br />game will be called entirely <br />by women for the first time ever.<br />For next week's Baltimore Orioles game <br />against the Tampa Bay Rays an on-air crew <br />of 5 women will call the entire broadcast.<br />According to the New York Times, <br />this is the first time an all-women <br />team will call a major league game.<br />Yahoo News reports <br />that the Orioles’ radio <br />play-by-play announcer, <br />Melanie Newman, will <br />head the broadcast. .<br />Baseball analyst and writer<br />for MLB.com, Sarah Langs, <br />will be the booth's analyst.<br />Alanna Rizzo, formerly of the Los <br />Angeles Dodgers broadcast team, <br />will be the on-field reporter.<br />The MLB Network's Heidi Watney and Lauren Gardner are slated to host the pregame and postgame shows.<br />The MLB Network's Heidi Watney and Lauren Gardner are slated to host the pregame and postgame shows.<br />"I’ve always had a male <br />play-by-play voice in my ear <br />during every game I’ve ever <br />done. ... It’s exciting to be <br />a part of something like this, Alanna Rizzo, via the New York Times
