SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Alyssa Nakken stepped into the first-base coach’s box in the third inning Tuesday night, it was a moment worth celebrating.
There’s now been a woman in an on-field role in a regular season Major League Baseball game, a glass ceiling-shattering that Nakken and the Giants have been building towards for a few seasons. And now, Nakken’s bright orange City Connect helmet is heading to Cooperstown.
The helmet, as well as other mementos of Nakken’s from the three seasons on staff, are symbols ostensibly to show girls and women that there is a place in this game for them.
