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Jen Pawol makes professional debut as Gulf Coast League umpire
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Another crack in Major League Baseball's glass ceiling - ESPN
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It's not a whole new ballgame — yet — but Spokane's Christine Wren went to bat for future generations as a professional umpire in the 1970s
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Minor league baseball umpire and Decatur resident Jen Pawol made the most of her lost season by authoring a book on umpiring
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Official Leadership Program
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Female umpire's goal is MLB game
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Gulf Coast League umpire hopes to inspire others
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Q&A: Jen Pawol becomes first female umpire to work Grasshoppers' games
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Unbelievable:' Female ump Pawol gets first taste of MLB with Tigers game