Ng has been an integral part of the sport for three decades. Here are some of the reasons why.
Kim Ng became the first female general manager in Major League Baseball history on Friday, when she was hired by the Miami Marlins. The 51-year-old’s resume tells the story of a baseball lifer who has been an integral part of the sport for three decades. Here are five things to know about Ng. She’s not only the first female GM in MLB history, but the first Asian American GM Ng’s father, Jin, who died when she was 11, was American-born and of Chinese descent. Her mother, Virginia, was born in Thailand and also of Chinese descent. While Ng’s qualifications were clear, it took until Friday for her to break two significant barriers. Systemic racism in the sport reared its ugly head in a very public way in 2003, when New York Mets special assistant Bill Singer directed racist remarks at Ng during the general managers meetings in Arizona. At the time, Ng was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ assistant general manager; Singer was fired for mocking her ancestry. Adding to what makes her hiring so historic: She becomes not only the first female GM in MLB history, but the first for any team in American men’s professional sports. Early in her career, she went up against superagent Scott Boras — and won After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1990, she was hired as an intern by the Chicago White Sox.
