Betty Caywood is an American

United States

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 sportscaster

Sportscaster

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. She was one of the first female Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 broadcasters, providing color commentary on radio broadcasts for the Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 in September, 1964.

Caywood had previously worked as a weather reporter on a Chicago television station. On September 16, 1964, Caywood was hired by Athletics' owner Charles Finley to provide a female perspective on the games. Caywood provided color commentary while Monte Moore

Monte Moore

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 and George Bryson provided the play by play. She did not return to the broadcasts in 1965.

Caywood was born in Chicago, Illinois grew up in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

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 and graduated from Marymount College

Marymount College (Kansas)

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 in Salina, Kansas

Salina, Kansas

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. She later earned a Master's degree in speech therapy from Northwestern University

Northwestern University

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Caywood, now known as Betty Caywood Bushman, returned to the baseball broadcast booth on August 16, 2008, joining the WHB

WHB

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 radio broadcast of games for the independent baseball team, the Kansas City T-Bones

Kansas City T-Bones

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