The former college star made history when she coached first base earlier this month. But her main focus is on making the San Francisco Giants better
When new San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler told Alyssa Nakken he was adding her to the baseball operations staff for a jack-of-all-trades role spanning player development she had no clue she was making history. Nakken was ecstatic to receive an offer after months of plotting a returning to the department where she had started her career with the Giants five years earlier. During the transition from outgoing manager Bruce Bochy, Nakken proactively knocked on the doors of Giants executives, asking myriad practical and philosophical questions on the direction of the franchise, deepening her high-level relationships along the way.
“In those conversations, I was able to talk about myself and where I saw myself fitting in and where I was mentally and professionally at that point,” Nakken told the Guardian last week.
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Congrats @AlyssaNakken becoming the FIRST EVER! I’m honored to share the field with you pic.twitter.com/gpdRjDevXy
