Jen Pawol plowed through a number of trailblazing milestones last year when she debuted as the first woman to umpire a Major ...

Hewitt, N.J., native Jen Pawol became the first woman to umpire a regular-season MLB game last August. On Sunday, she was ...

Umpire Jen Pawol’s first MLB game behind the plate went about as expected for a rookie. The major leagues’ first female umpire, who made her debut on the bases during Saturday’s Braves-Marlins ...

Trailblazing Umpire Jen Pawol Received Clear Message From Astros Manager Joe Espada originally appeared on Athlon Sports. When veteran minor league umpire Jen Pawol makes history as the first female ...

Baseball was always on television at the Long Island home where Jen Pawol grew up with her parents, Victoria and Jim. From a young age, the now 48-year-old knew that the sport was destined to be her ...

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ATLANTA — Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday’s Marlins-Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job. Considering Pawol became the first female umpire to work behind the ...

Yes, Jen Pawol made history by becoming the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game and, on Sunday, Aug. 10, she was the first to call balls and strikes behind home plate. In any era, that ...

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Jen Pawol made history on August 9, 2025, as the first female ever to umpire an official Major League Baseball game. Her debut was in some sense 127 years in the making, as beautifully covered by this ...

Jen Pawol, the first female umpire in MLB, has returned to Class AAA after her historic debut. Sixteen Class AAA umpires, including Pawol, have filled in for MLB games this season due to illness, ...

There aren’t many fancy glass options in the belly of baseball stadiums, though the no-frills celebration with more than a dozen family and friends — following Game 2 of the doubleheader between the ...