coaching staff, there are promising signs of progress last week the giants alyssa nakken became the first woman to coach on field in a major league game kelsey whitmore signed on as a player and rachel on a winning streak with the minor league tampa tarpins and she s the first woman to hold the job. i spoke with her back in 2020 after she became the yankees first female minor league hitting coach. my end goal is to impact and empower as many people as possible. women stepping up to the plate promoting a more inclusive playing field. catie beck, nbc news. that s nightly news for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night
ups called goldfish megabytes. they come in two flavors, sharp, cheddar and cheddar jalapeno. demand for the product surged by home bound consumers during the pandemic. i eat goldfish. i m not embarrassed. i eat regular goldfish because they re in the house. the grown up version. exactly. the new york yankees tapping the first female manager of a minor league baseball team. 34-year-old rachel will be the manager of the yankees low a squad, the tampa tarpins. she joined the organization in 2019 as the first woman to be a full-time hitting coach in a minor league baseball. she has said she dreams of one day becoming a general manager. she said she s probably had to work a little harder than the guys, but that s the challenge she views as an advantage. absolutely. good for her. all right, thanks for joining us. have a great rest of your day, everybody. i m christine. i m laura jarrett. new day is next.
finally tonight, she broke ground when they made her a coach. now she has reached a new milestone that s inspiring america. here s catie beck. reporter: tonight the yankees naming the first female manager in the minors to their affiliate minor league baseball team, the tampa tarpins. rachel balkovec making baseball history a second time. my goal is to develop them as young men and young people who have an immense amount of pressure on them. reporter: we spoke to her back in 2020 after becoming the first female hitting coach in the league also with the tarpins. get in this position before you contact the ball. reporter: in our interview she describes her uphill battle to break into the male dominated industry, earning two masters degrees, working in the minors with the cardinals and later the astros even teaching herself spanish to better communicate in the field. any struggle that we go through is meaning. you know, my life has so much deep meaning and like just i m just so