The big news broke this morning that the Miami Marlins made history by hiring the sport’s first woman General Manager. In my personal opinion, this kicks ass!
Forget just baseball. A woman never has been the general manager of a major American professional sports team period until Kim Ng was hired by the Miami Marlins today. Their COO is Caroline O'Connor. The Marlins' three highest-ranking officials are two women and an ex-shortstop.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 13, 2020
After soaking in how phenomenal this is for baseball and for greater diversity in hiring practices for front offices, my second thought concerned that old pipe dream from 2008, when the Mariners had considered Ng for GM before giving the job to Jack Zduriencik.