MLB trailblazer Kim Ng lauds Brewers historic Sara Goodrum promotion

Baseball trailblazer Kim Ng has lauded the MIlwaukee Brewers promotion of Sara Goodrum as the first female minor league hitting coordinator for a major league team as another step forward for women in the sport.

Ng, who became Major League Baseball's first female general manager when she was hired for the post by the Miami Marlins this past winter, called the move "great for baseball".

Goodrum's official new title with the Brewers is coordinator for hitting development initiatives, but she essentially will be filling the role of a minor league hitting coordinator.

Brewers vice president of minor league operations Tom Flanagan said Thursday that "to our knowledge, she would be the first" woman to hold that position in an MLB organization.

The 27-year-old Goodrum is former collegiate softball player Goodrum who had been working in the role since October after spending the last three seasons in the Brewers' sports science department, working primarily on hitting.

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