She was going to make her major league debut this weekend, becoming the first woman umpire in a century and a half of big league baseball. He invited her to dinner in Atlanta with fellow big league umps Paul Nauert and Marvin Hudson and their wives. It's going to be 10 years in the minor leagues before you sniff a big league field,'" Barrett said. "If I make it to the big leagues," he told her, "we will have both worked all the levels together." Pawol repeatedly thanked her minor league umpiring predecessors, mentioning several who exchanged calls or texts, including Christine Wren, Pam Postema and Ria Cortesio.