Fifteen years after she first interviewed with a team for their general manager opening, Kim Ng made history on Friday when the Miami Marlins named her their new GM.
She is the first woman in professional American sports — men’s sports, that is — to hold the title, ushering in a day that has long seemed as though it would never come.
A fixture in front offices and the league office for decades, Ng is overqualified for her new job, but as any woman who’s tried to become “the first” in any gig can tell you, that’s basically a requirement.