Congratulations are in order for longtime baseball exec Kim Ng, who has finally taken charge of a Major League ballclub, becoming both the first woman and the first Asian-American to pilot a major American sports franchise.
Looking at the landscape of baseball GMs, it is unlikely any of the other 29 GMs entered their current position with even half the resume Kim Ng developed while waiting for her opportunity to arrive. Ng’s resume as a first-time GM may be the most impressive ever: more than 30 years in the game, three World Series rings, tenures as an assistant general manager with and Dodgers, a decade working on key initiatives in the MLB Commissioner’s Office.