What Emma Tiedemann, Rylee Pay said about being the first female duo to broadcast a Red Sox game
Broadcasters for the Portland Sea Dogs, the pair called all nine innings in Monday night's game.
Emma Tiedemann and Rylee Pay became the first pair of women to broadcast a Red Sox game when the team faced off against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
The play-by-play and color analysts are regular broadcasters for the Portland Sea Dogs, and made history when they took their spots in the broadcast booth and covered all nine innings of the Women’s Celebration Game at Fenway Park.
“It’s really cool to be able to have a little girl listen or a little boy think, ‘Oh, OK, girls can do that, too,’” Tiedemann told the Boston Globe, acknowledging the women who came before them that paved the way for last night’s historic broadcast, including Yankees announcer and Newton-native Suzyn Waldman.
The two worked with NESN announcers Dave O’Brien and Kevin Youkilis during the game, but also called three innings on their own, becoming just the second all-female booth in baseball history. The first was in 2019 when Melanie Newman and Suzie Cool took charge of the broadcast for the Single A Salem Red Sox.
Monday night’s broadcast was just one component of a game meant to celebrate women — there were also pregame speaking programs, performances, activities, a social event and more.
The Red Sox lost 7-3 in the nightcap on a day that also saw catcher Danny Jansen play for both teams in the same game.
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