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Waldman proud to be first woman to do Series game

Neil Best

Newsday columnist Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned

It's the kind of milestone that seems almost quaint to be noting in 2009, especially on a night on which the first African-American First Lady was in the house.

But there it was: When she took the mike last night for Game 1, Suzyn Waldman became the first woman to work a World Series game in a broadcast booth, alongside John Sterling on WCBS-AM.

In a career full of female sportscasting...

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