As the Marlins clinched a Wild Card spot on Saturday night, history was made. Miami general manager Kim Ng became the first female ever to lead a team to a postseason berth. Ng was an assistant GM with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2002-2011, working through two ownership groups and three GMs to help in building four playoff teams in LA (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009).
She was passed up for a few lead GM roles over the years, including with the Dodgers, Padres, Angels, Mariners, and Giants. In 2011, Ng left LA to join Major League Baseball as the senior vice president of baseball operations for the league and she stayed in that role until landing the job as the GM for the Miami Marlins in the 2020-2021 offseason.