Brooke Cooper: Trailblazing GM of WooSox Introduced

Brooke Cooper, newly named Executive VP/GM of the Worcester Red Sox, is live in the studio with WooSox President, Dr. Charles Steinberg. Dr. Charles and Brooke talk about her ten years with the PawSox/WooSox and what led to the GM position. Cooper is the first woman GM in PawSox/WooSox history and is one of three Triple A women GM's in the Diamond Baseball Holdings organization. Diamond Baseball is the majority owner of the Worcester Red Sox and own a total of 29 minor league teams. Cooper said she is in contact with other GM's within the organization. Lots of collaboration and sharing of ideas. This episode of the Worcester Red Sox podcast also sees the debut of the new WooSox 2024 theme song. Dr. Charles gives us a behind the scenes look of how he wrote the song and what it symbolizes. As if that's not all, your word of the week is, Trot Nixon (trotnixon), in honor of the 2004 Boston Red Sox, World Series Champion, throwing out the first pitch on opening day.
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Brooke Cooper, newly named Executive VP/GM of the Worcester Red Sox, is live in the studio with WooSox President, Dr. Charles Steinberg. Dr. Charles and Brooke talk about her ten years with the PawSox/WooSox and what led to the GM position. Cooper is the first woman GM in PawSox/WooSox history and is one of three Triple A women GM’s in the Diamond Baseball Holdings organization. Diamond Baseball is the majority owner of the Worcester Red Sox and own a total of 29 minor league teams. Cooper said she is in contact with other GM’s within the organization. Lots of collaboration and sharing of ideas. This episode of the Worcester Red Sox podcast also sees the debut of the new WooSox 2024 theme song. Dr. Charles gives us a behind the scenes look of how he wrote the song and what it symbolizes. As if that’s not all, your word of the week is, Trot Nixon (trotnixon), in honor of the 2004 Boston Red Sox, World Series Champion, throwing out the first pitch on opening day.

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