[1] Caywood had previously worked as a weather reporter on a Chicago television station.

On September 16, 1964, she was hired by Athletics' owner Charles Finley to provide a female perspective on the games.

She later earned a master's degree in speech therapy from Northwestern University.

[4] 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.

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