Retired softball legend — and former Chicago Bandits star player — Jennie Finch is set to make history by becoming the first female to manage a professional men's baseball team, albeit for one game.
Finch will take the helm of the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League as a guest manager this Sunday, May 29, as they face off agaisnt the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard.
Finch led a standout career as a pitcher, winning a College World Series in 2001 with the Arizona Wildcats before helping team USA to gold and silver medals (in 2004 and 2008). She played for the Chicago Bandits from 2005-2010, and due to her success the team named the street leading to its stadium in Rosemont, Ill., 'Jennie Finch Way.'