Rachel Balkovec missed her historic debut as baseball's first female manager on Thursday after the minor league skipper was struck in the face by a batted ball during a hitting drill a day earlier, causing her left eye to swell shut.She was scheduled to manage the Single-A Tampa Tarpons in their exhibition opener on Thursday in , but was asked by doctors to limit her activities while she recovers over the next five-to-seven days. Fortunately, doctors determined that she did not suffer a concussion and she is expected to manage the club's regular season opener on April 8.Balkovec, who was hired by the Yankees affiliate in January after serving as a minor league hitting instructor for New York, shared a picture of the aftermath on social media and poked some fun at her newly asymmetrical face.
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