Yankees minor league manager Rachel Balkovec wrapping up second season with Single-A Tampa
Rachel Balkovec has come full circle. Balkovec will wrap her second season as the Single-A Tampa manager in the New York Yankees’ system this week. The Tarpons are closing the season at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, where on April 8 of last year she debuted with a win as the first woman to manage the affiliate of a Major League Baseball team. “It’s been a whirlwind, yeah,” Balkovec said in the manager’s office at Steinbrenner Field that Yankees skipper Aaron Boone uses during spring training. “It’s gone slow at times, and it’s just flown