On this episode of the Sports Info Solutions Baseball Podcast, Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ( https://twitter.com/MarkASimonSays ) ) is joined by Yankees minor league hitting coach Rachel Balkovec ( @_rachelbalkovec ( https://twitter.com/_rachelbalkovec ) ), who is currently in Australia working as a coach with the Sydney Blue Sox. Rachel talks about how she came to be coaching in Australia (1:46). She then addresses the progress that women have made in baseball and other sports and the challenges women face in light of the Mets firing of their GM (5:24). Rachel also talks about the way she connects with players (11:21), the hardest thing to coach athletes on (13:36), and what she studied when she worked with Driveline (14:51). She also speaks about her favorite mentoring story (20:43) and provides perspective on how she viewed 2020 (25:12). Thank you for listening. Please rate and review the podcast if you can. You can also find Rachel at RachelBalkovec.com ( http://rachelbalkovec.com/ ) or on Instagram at @Rachel.Balkovec ( http://instagram.com/rachel.balkovec )