And to those nitwits who refuse to listen to a woman's voice doing sports, we heard the same senseless refrain not too long ago about a woman doing the news. Women are people, people. And if a person knows what he or she is talking about, I couldn't care less about the pitch of their voice. Hey, a baseball pun. Unintentional. Really. - "Laura" of Los Angeles

Even before Jeanne Zelasko did her first play-by-play gig for the Dodgers' Web site Wednesday night as part of the team's Women's Initiatives Network program, the give-and-take comments on a dailynews.com story explaining the event painfully exposed it could take some a long time before they even accept the fact a woman's voice can describe a major-league baseball game, even to a limited audience.

Zelasko and former Dodger Mark Sweeney did the online call of the Dodgers' 2-1 win over the Mets, which appears to be a big-league first.

"Most of the texts and voicemails and e-mails I've been getting is they're happy I did it, all very positive, but I think I'm looking forward to deeper feedback," Zelasko said Thursday from her Valencia home. "We both thought it was a good first shot but we have higher expectations."

Nine more broadcasts are scheduled - all Wednesday home games, including three in a row from June 3-17. The first three-hour broadcast also is archived on the Dodgers' Web site (www.dodgers.com/win) for those who want to add their own critique - after they hear it.