One thing that’s been a point of pride for female Mariner fans is the number of women the club has in high-level positions. From Amanda Hopkins, one of the first female scouts in MLB, to director of High Performance Lorena Martin, to the various women in front office positions, women play meaningful roles throughout the organization. That’s a diversity that’s mirrored here in the staff at LL, which made the news that broke the other day about the sexual harassment settlements from several years ago upsetting to all of us, but especially disheartening to myself, Isabelle, and Amanda.
We, along with many other Mariner fans, now have to grapple with questions about how this news impacts our fandom, and where we want the organization to go in the future.