Betty Caywood

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Betty Caywood Bushman (March 10, 1931 – September 3, 2020) was an American sportscaster. She was one of the first female Major League Baseball broadcasters. She gave color commentary on radio broadcasts for the Kansas City Athletics in September, 1964. Caywood was born in Chicago.

Caywood, then known as Betty Caywood Bushman, returned to the baseball broadcast booth on August 16, 2008, joining the WHB radio broadcast of games for the independent baseball team, the Kansas City T-Bones.[1]

Caywood died on September 3, 2020 at the age of 89.[2]

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-09-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Betty Bushman - Obituary". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 11 September 2020.