What is Betty Caywood?
'''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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tbonesbaseball.com/news/headline/index.html?article_id%3D1313 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002032654/http://tbonesbaseball.com/news/headline/index.html?article_id=1313 |archive-date=2008-10-02 }}</ref> Caywood died on September 3, 2020 at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Betty Bushman - Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=betty-congour-caywood-bushman&pid=196770780&fhid=18508 |website=www.legacy.com |access-date=11 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caywood, Betty}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American sports commentators]] [[Category:Radio personalities from Chicago]] {{US-bio-stub}}