Glass Ceilings and Outfield Walls

<p>We celebrate declaring boyfriends for the Guardians instead of “The Cleveland Team.” Pals Pottymouth and Patti choose pals <a href="https://tw.sports.yahoo.com/news/%E5%B0%8F%E6%99%82%E5%80%99%E7%84%A1%E7%B7%A3%E7%9A%84%E8%81%96%E5%9C%B0-%E5%BC%B5%E8%82%B2%E6%88%90%E7%BE%8E%E5%A4%A2%E6%88%90%E7%9C%9F-034539735.html">Yu Chang</a> and <a href="https://www.wlox.com/2020/01/28/bobby-bradley-hosts-fifth-annual-baseball-camp-harrison-central/">Bobby Bradley</a>. For the Mets, Pottymouth looks to Yadi fan <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/03/tomas-nido-opens-up-about-covid-19-battle-everything-mets/">Tomás Nido</a>, while Patti goes local with Adam Jones fan <a href="https://www.afro.com/suburban-d-c-baseball-standout-khalil-lee-a-perfectionist-among-his-peers/">Khalil Lee</a>. <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-international-prospects-signing-day-2021-22">International Signing Day</a> brings a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/15/washington-nationals-signing-cristhian-vaquero/">phenomenon</a> to the Nationals and <a href="https://www.littleleague.org/news/video-feature-2017-little-league-baseball-world-series-receives-silver-telly-award/">“Little Altuve”</a> to the Blue Jays. The League brought a disappointing economic proposal to the player’s union making it even less likely spring training will start on time. Adding to our list of what cannot happen during a lockout, we learn that if a player is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/14/washington-nationals-seth-romero-dwi/">pulled over for a DWI</a>, the team can neither assist or discipline, yet. Players can announce retirements, however, so we wish <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33048654/jon-lester-announces-retirement-16-seasons-three-world-series-titles">Jon Lester</a> well, offer thanks for the memories.</p><p><br></p><p>This is the week <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/rachel-balkovec-model-for-women-in-baseball">Rachel Balkovec</a> became the first woman manager of a minor league team, <a hr