Cat Osterman and Ally Carda visiting the Academy softball athletes.
USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) has been training at the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy at Mercy Street Sports Complex, presented by Toyota this past week as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Despite busy practice schedules, Cat Osterman and Ally Carda spent National Girls and Women in Sports Day with Academy softball athletes. Junior Kaila Torres (2022) from Sunset High School was “so excited and shocked at the same time” by the unexpected visit.
“Cat gave good advice on pitching…accuracy before speed,” said Torres, speaking on their conversation. Osterman and Carda advised them to never give up on their dreams of playing softball and to remember the importance of practicing to improve.
February 1st, 2021
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Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced today that Major League Baseball has named longtime baseball operations executive Michael Hill and former All-Star Raul Ibañez as Senior Vice Presidents of On-Field Operations. Hill and Ibañez, who will report to Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Morgan Sword, will serve in key roles overseeing umpiring, discipline and other on-field issues. In addition, MLB has hired former Major League manager Bo Porter and former Major League players Joe Martinez and Rajai Davis to roles in its Baseball Operations Department.
Hill will oversee MLBâs umpiring and on-field discipline at both the Major and Minor league levels. Hillâs 27-year front office career includes 18 years with the Miami Marlins franchise, with seven seasons (2014-2020) as President of Baseball Operations and the previous six as General Manager (2008-2013). In 2020, the Marlins reached th