Beacom appeared on the latest episode of the World Baseball Softball Confederation's The Global Game podcast along with former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher Peter Moylan, who played a pivotal role in Beacom's rise to prominence.

It was Moylan who saw Beacom pitching while training with the Aces Academy, and who as a result sought to add the left-hander to the ABL Melbourne Aces as a development player.

On January 7, Beacom was called on to pitch the sixth inning of a game against the Adelaide Giants in the Melbourne Challenge Series.

The 17-year-old pitched a shutout inning, allowing no hits, and promptly shot to fame despite the Aces ultimately losing the game 7-1.

"It seems like the whole baseball world knows me," Beacom told The Global Game.

"It's crazy.

"It's absolutely amazing.

"I grew up watching all these guys.

"Just to be given the offer to play was amazing."

Moylan, who spent 12 years in MLB bullpens and is now the Aces' manager, has been watching Beacom’s development as a player since her junior days with Victoria and Australia.

"If anyone thinks this is just a token selection, then they need to think again because she has 100 per cent earned her spot on the development list with the Melbourne Aces," the 43-year-old said.

Beacom is eager to collaborate with Moylan and pitching coach Graeme Lloyd, who helped the New York Yankees to World Series titles in 1996 and 1998, and also helped Australia clinch a silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics. 

"It's been only a couple of weeks, but I'm definitely looking forward to working with them all because they have so much baseball knowledge and experience," Beacom said.

Asked if she has an idol, Beacom immediately identified Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets - a four-time MLB All Star and twice a winner of the National League Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in the league.

"I never tried to copy exactly a pitcher's mechanics," Beacom explained.

"One I look a lot to is Jacob deGrom.

"That guy is unbelievable.

"He can throw so hard and looks like he's not putting any effort into it at all."

However, New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is "probably my favourite pitcher", Beacom added, "watching him on the mound every time he gets up there [it] looks like he knows nobody is getting at him."

Men's baseball returned to the Olympic programme after a 13-year absence at Tokyo 2020, as did women's softball.

The male-dominated world of professional baseball has made some progress in terms of gender equality in recent years, including Kim Ng becoming the the first woman to be named an MLB general manager when the Miami Marlins appointed her to the senior role in November 2020.

The same year, the San Francisco Giants made Alyssa Nakken the first full-time female coach at the MLB level, when she was appointed assistant coach and occasionally even coached at first base.