J en Pawol has made US sporting history by becoming the first female umpire to referee a Major League Baseball (MLB) game during the regular season. Pawol, 48, oversaw first base during Saturday's game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. "I'm aware of the gravity. I'm aware of the magnitude," she said, as quoted by MLB.com.

Before the first pitch was thrown Saturday and before Jen Pawol became the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in major-league history, the importance of the moment already was apparent,

Jen Pawol made history by becoming the first woman to umpire in a regular-season Major League Baseball game on Saturday -- and she says she is aware of the "magnitude"

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