Congratulations to Kim Ng

[Revad]

The Marlins have made a groundbreaking hire, as the team announced that Kim Ng will be the team’s new general manager.  MLB Network’s Jon Heyman was the first to report the news that Ng will join the Marlins, making her the first Asian-American GM in Major League Baseball history and the first woman to ever act as a GM for a men’s team in any of the major North American sports.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/marlins-to-hire-kim-ng-as-general-manager.html

Did the Angels miss out on not hiring her?

[kevinb]

In what way? 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Don’t recall seeing her name in our list of finalists.  Not too surprised. All she’s done is win.  We are 1-69.  

[AngelsFaninGA]

25 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

In what way? 

She's consonant with success. NGL, a big miss

[Chuck]

In before some dumbass calls Arte a sexist. 

[Angel Oracle]

Supposedly, Jeets is the one who controls the decision making, according to some.

[Erstad Grit]

I wouldn't say we missed it  Bob 

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Don’t recall seeing her name in our list of finalists.  Not too surprised. All she’s done is win.  We are 1-69.  

She was interviewed in 2011, when they hired Dipoto.  She likely wasn’t interviewed this time because they didn’t see it as a good fit.   She could be amazing as a GM, I hope she is.  

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

She was interviewed in 2011, when they hired Dipoto.  She likely wasn’t interviewed this time because they didn’t see it as a good fit.   She could be amazing as a GM, I hope she is.  

Yeah, that ship sailed 9 years ago.  She moved on, we moved on.  

[Taylor]

11 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Supposedly, Jeets is the one who controls the decision making, according to some.

Something something gift basket

[kevinb]

31 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

She's consonant with success. NGL, a big miss

So we've already failed with our selection of GM a day after it's been announced. Got it. 1 she wasn't one of the people we interviewed so we didn't miss on anything. 2 we have no idea how our guy will do or how she will do, hope she does well but who the heck knows on either of the hires at the moment right now it's just well wishes and hopes. 3 I don't know what NGL means.... 4 Go Angels we made our hire there is no going back now. Wait a couple years and then get back to me.

[Chuck]

I hope she kicks ass with the Marlins and makes that team a perennial contender. 

[Jeremiah]

I'm happy to hear she will get the chance after being an assistant with other organizations. There weren't a lot of these jobs open this offseason. I'm glad she got one of them. I think it remains to be seen how good the MIA job is, though. Will it be a situation where they can keep their homegrown talent (Stanton, Yelich), or will they still sell off players like that because of cost?

[kevinb]

1 minute ago, Jeremiah said:

I'm happy to hear she will get the chance after being an assistant with other organizations. There weren't a lot of these jobs open this offseason. I'm glad she got one of them. I think it remains to be seen how good the MIA job is, though. Will it be a situation where they can keep their homegrown talent (Stanton, Yelich), or will they still sell off players like that because of cost?

Stanton it's looking more and more like the right call to sell him off that guy is consistently injured. Yellich may be a big regret though. 

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Don’t recall seeing her name in our list of finalists.  Not too surprised. All she’s done is win.  We are 1-69.  

Do you see everything through an Eeyore lens?

[Lazorko Saves]

Hearing this news makes me want to sing...

"Kim Ng and I are getting old

And we still haven't walked in the glow of each others majestic presence"

[floplag]

Oh wow i had forgotten about her im embarrassed to admit.  Heard her name everywhere a few years back then nothing... glad shes finally getting a shot. 

[Warfarin]

I think we can just be happy for both Ng and Minasian and not say we "missed out."  Both have unique paths and worked very hard to get to where they are.  They are also both minority hires, which is great for baseball.  

[Revad]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

I hope she kicks ass with the Marlins and makes that team a perennial contender. 

I don’t have a daughter but I a son.  I definitely root for the girls:

[Taylor]

4 minutes ago, Revad said:

I don’t have a daughter but I a son.  I definitely root for the girls:

The fact that you finished your post with a : instead of a . makes it even creepier.

[BTH]

It's awesome that she got hired, but how can you say that the Angels may have "missed out" on her? What moves has she made in the last 24 hours since Minasian was hired as GM makes you think that the Angels missed out on her?

The Angels hired the person they thought was best suited for their job, and the Marlins hired the person they thought was best suited for their job.

Both haven't been on the job for more than a day. You can't say that the Angels may have "missed out" on her.

[nate]

She is way overqualified to be the Angels GM.

[Second Base]

Honestly, it's just like when people say Arte Moreno was there first Mexican-American team owner, it really doesn't matter and I don't think ethnicity played a role in his purchase of the team. 

Kim Ng doesn't have a Y chromosome. I'm not exactly sure why that's a pertinent detail in the hiring process.

[Pancake Bear]

Happy for her. Should be good overall for baseball. 

She clearly has a lot of experience, but I'm not sure what her background is as far as expertise. The impression I got is that Arte was focused on player development and scouting particularly. It may be from the previous interview that he didn't feel that she was the strongest candidate in those areas compared to other options. 

But who knows. Maybe he made a huge error.

[failos]

it's nbd