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Sctvman · 03-15-2026, 10:55 PM

London is more well-known as a city for football, with 16 professional clubs just in the metro itself along with innumerable semi-pro teams. However, as Americans have moved into the area, sports such as the National Football League, the NBA, NHL, and latest Major League Baseball have started footprints in the region.

MLB played host to the Yankees and Red Sox in 2019 at London Stadium, Cubs and Cardinals in 2023, and the Phillies and the Mets in 2024. Baseball interest was piqued throughout the nation, but it is still a very distant sport among everything else in this huge city.

The London Mets are looking to change that. The club is one of the most well-known in British baseball circles, with one of the larger fan bases and having won multiple British National Baseball League championships.

The splash however the team is making here is one of the biggest that you can make, hiring a woman not only to be the GM, but to manage a team in a professional league. Rachel Balkovec was the first female manager of a professional baseball team with the Tampa Tarpons recently, and Kim Ng was the first female GM with the Miami Marlins.

03-15-2026, 10:55 PM	#3
Sctvman Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 421	London Calling London is more well-known as a city for football, with 16 professional clubs just in the metro itself along with innumerable semi-pro teams. However, as Americans have moved into the area, sports such as the National Football League, the NBA, NHL, and latest Major League Baseball have started footprints in the region. MLB played host to the Yankees and Red Sox in 2019 at London Stadium, Cubs and Cardinals in 2023, and the Phillies and the Mets in 2024. Baseball interest was piqued throughout the nation, but it is still a very distant sport among everything else in this huge city. The London Mets are looking to change that. The club is one of the most well-known in British baseball circles, with one of the larger fan bases and having won multiple British National Baseball League championships. The splash however the team is making here is one of the biggest that you can make, hiring a woman not only to be the GM, but to manage a team in a professional league. Rachel Balkovec was the first female manager of a professional baseball team with the Tampa Tarpons recently, and Kim Ng was the first female GM with the Miami Marlins. Attached Images Last edited by Sctvman; 03-15-2026 at 10:59 PM.