The former San Francisco Giants player Aubrey Huff has criticised the team's move to hire the first full-time female coach in Major League Baseball history. Alyssa Nakken, a former softball player for Sacramento State who began working with the Giants in 2014, has been appointed to help with outfield work before games and to be a batting practice pitcher, alongside fellow coach Mark Hallberg. But Huff was not impressed, tweeting: "Couldn't imagine taking baseball instruction from an ex female softball player.