Bianca Smith will begin her new role as a Red Sox minor league coach this upcoming March and she is making history by becoming the first Black woman to serve as an on-field coach in the MLB.
"I think it's a great opportunity also to just kind of inspire other women that are interested in this game,” Smith told the MLB Network Monday. “This is not something I thought about when I was younger, I just kind of fell into it being an athlete. So I’m excited to get that chance to show what I can do.”
Congratulations Bianca Smith!
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