Anthony Contreras got a text Wednesday from Fort Wayne (Ind.) team president Mike Nutter. The IronPigs manager who spent five seasons in charge of the Tin Caps had not been in touch with his former boss in awhile.

But Nutter couldn’t resist when Major League Baseball announced that Jen Pawol was called up from the minor leagues and this weekend in Atlanta will become the first female MLB umpire when she works the bases during Saturday’s doubleheader between the Braves and the Miami Marlins, then calls balls and strikes on Sunday.

“[Nutter] said, ‘This somehow this reminded me of you,’” Contreras said. “He sent me a picture of Pawol about her call-up and said, ‘I went straight to the memory of when she threw you out of a game.’

“We then started reminiscing about those things. That’s alwa

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