Jenny Cavnar, who usually appears on Colorado Rockies' pregame and postgame television shows, recently handled play-by-play duties for one of the team's games. She became the first woman play-by-play announcer for a major league baseball telecast since Gayle Gardner did a game for ESPN in 1993.
Not that Mendoza was critical of Cavnar's performance. To the contrary, she went on Twitter to praise her in response to those — mostly men, one can assume even if so many on that platform hide behind fake names — who bashed her because they still can't get accustomed to hearing a woman's voice in a sports broadcast booth.