That was Perry Barber’s overjoyed reaction to the overdue news that Jen Pawol would become Major League Baseball's first female umpire, called up to work the Miami Marlins-Atlanta Braves series this ...
When Jen Pawol took the field as an MLB umpire at Atlanta’s Truist Park on Aug. 9, it made history. For the first time, a female umpire worked a regular season MLB game. For the first time, the dream ...
It’s tough to be the first. It’s even tougher being the only. Perry Barber has been many “firsts,” and often the “only,” over her 45-year career as an umpire at nearly every level of baseball. In 2018 ...