Jessica Mendoza’s World Series ESPN media credentials

Jessica Mendoza has called games for the College World Series and Major League Baseball.

In August 2015 Mendoza, from Camarillo, California, became the first woman to serve as commentator for Major League Baseball on ESPN. Later that year she became the first woman in MLB history to call a post-season game. From Clemente to Alvarado to Mendoza, Latinas/os are part of critical changes to the sport and often endured discrimination as they served as icons for others.

OBJECT NAME
Credential
Credential, media
DATE MADE
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
polyester fabric; metal; plastic (overall material)
MEASUREMENTS
plastic badge only: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x.01588 cmbadge & lanyard: 24 in x 3 1/2 in x 9/16 in; 60.96 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.42875 cm
ID NUMBER
2020.0014.01
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.0014
CATALOG NUMBER
2020.0014.01
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Jessica Mendoza
SEE MORE ITEMS IN
Cultural and Community Life: Ethnic
EXHIBITION
Pleibol!
EXHIBITION LOCATION
National Museum of American History
DATA SOURCE
National Museum of American History