Cuba's female umpire seeks to keep breaking barriers
Cuba's female umpire seeks to keep breaking barriers
By Daniel Trotta
SANTA CLARA Cuba Mon Nov 3, 2014 12:05pm EST
(Reuters) - In the macho world of Cuban baseball, Yanet Moreno has always played with the boys.
As a child, she was the only girl to play street baseball in her neighborhood. The boys would fight to get her on their team, and her father feared she would become a tomboy.
Today, at 39, she is the only woman in the world umpiring top-flight professional baseball. She is in her 11th season in the National Series, Cuba's premier baseball league, and says she is ready for the international stage.
"One always dreams of more, no? I want a little bit more," said Moreno, naming the Central American Games, Pan American Games and the World Baseball Classic as tournaments she wants to work.
"I don't think it's out of reach," she said of the Classic, where the best players in the world compete for their countries every four years. "If I work a little bit harder, I could do it."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/03/us-cuba-baseball-female-umpire-idUSKBN0IN1K120141103
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And one with her in action:
Good show! No reason why women cannot do any job.
