Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti (left) and Nomar Garciaparra pose at press conference to announce signing of Garciaparra to a one-year contract at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. on Monday, December 19, 2005. (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
Former Dodgers executive Kim Ng was hired by the Marlins as GM on Friday — long overdue! — and Ned Colletti gave her due praise.
Long before Kim Ng was to become the first female GM in MLB history, a title made official by the Miami Marlins on Friday, she was the GM-in-waiting of the Los Angeles Dodgers who…well, people seemed to nervous to anoint.