They said it: A sports trailblazer departs

“It will always be my hope that I have inspired little girls, young women and people of color to pursue their dreams, no matter what.”

— Renel Brooks-Moon, announcer for the San Francisco Giants baseball team since 2000 — the second woman to do so in MLB and the first to announce in a World Series game — in a statement to fans after news last week that she and the team “mutually and amicably agreed to part ways.”