This Could Get Interesting

The Astros made it official this week, announcing they’ve hired Sara Goodrum to be their director of player development. Goordrum, who played softball at the University of Oregon, spent last season as the Brewers’ minor league hitting coordinator. She was the first woman ever to hold that post. Now, the question becomes will a woman executive see a woman athlete as a possible major-league ballplayer? If I were asking this about my daughter, the answer would be a definite, Yes. Clare played baseball with boys, and she knows what that takes. From what I can, she also hit ( a lot) better than Goodrum in college. Should that matter? I hope not. But a young woman who hit for power in college might be more predisposed to see if another woman could do that in professional baseball. We’ll see, maybe.