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Inspiring Benn blazing trail in Mets’ executive ranks

Someone recently asked Elizabeth Benn for her autograph at the New York Mets spring training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

She was surprised by the request, but she shouldn’t be.

After all, the modest Canadian is only 28 and has rocketed to the position of director of Major League operations for the Mets. It’s a job that not only makes her the highest ranking female in baseball operations in the franchise’s history, but also an inspiration to young women who have dreamed of landing such a lofty post in a male dominated industry.

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Busy week for Braves' Bedasse as World Series returns to Atlanta

Since the first pitch of Game 1 of the World Series, we have discovered that there are more Canadians working in the Atlanta Braves organization than we originally thought. Danielle Bedasse (Halifax, N.S.) is the Braves director of community affairs & executive director of the Atlanta Braves Foundation, while Carolyn Serra (Ottawa, Ont.) serves as senior director, Ballpark Tours, Braves Heritage & Hall of Fame and as a minor league executive for the club. Robbie Burnstein (Oakville, Ont.) is also an account executive, corporate partnerships at triple-A Gwinnett.

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