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Jen Pawol on verge of becoming first MLB woman umpire, gets full-time spring training assignment

The 47-year-old from New Jersey has been a minor league ump since 2016 and worked her way up to the triple-A championship game last season.

Jen Pawol works a double-A minor league game between the Hartford Yard Goats and the Portland Sea Dogs in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 27, 2022.
Jen Pawol works a double-A minor league game between the Hartford Yard Goats and the Portland Sea Dogs in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 27, 2022.Read moreSam Mallon / The Washington Post
    by Ben Walker and Ronald Blum, Associated Press
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