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Rachel Balkovec cheered in debut managing Yankees affiliate

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By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Rachel Balkovec signed some autographs, drew a nice ovation when she as introduced and posed for a picture at home plate. Then it was time to get to work. The manager of a New York Yankees minor league team had a game to run. The 34-year-old Balkovec became the first woman to manage an affiliate of a Major League Baseball team when she guided the Class A Tampa Tarpons against the Lakeland Flying Tigers in the Florida State League on Friday night. The Yankees announced her hiring as a minor league manager in January. She was a former softball catcher at Creighton and New Mexico.

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