FILE — Umpire Jen Pawol takes her position during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals Monday, March 4, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) AP

For the first time in nearly 150 years of Major League Baseball, a female umpire will work a regular-season game. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former college softball player from New Jersey, will call outs on the bases for two games of a doubleheader Saturday between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. On Sunday she will stand behind home plate and call balls and strikes.

She isn’t shying away from the moment.

“I really am aware of it. I’m aware of the gravity. I’m aware of the magnitude,” Pawol said. “I believe I’m going to be a really good steward a

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