While she was hailed as a trailblazer, Kim Ng stands alone among MLB's new top-level executives.
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 | | Thirteen people have been hired over the last two seasons to run the baseball operations of a front office: Chaim Bloom (Red Sox), Sam Fuld (Phillies), Chris Young (Rangers), Jed Hoyer (Cubs), James Click (Astros), Matt Arnold (Brewers), Dave Dombrowski (Phillies), Scott Harris (Giants), Ben Cherington (Pirates), Perry Minasian (Angels), Brian O'Halloran (Red Sox), Sandy Alderson (Mets) and Kim Ng. Ng, the general manager of the Miami Marlins, is the only woman and the only person of color in that group.Associated Press, Getty Images, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB |
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In November, the Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as the team's general manager. After spending 30 years in baseball, she became the first woman, and the second person of Asian descent, hired to run a major league team's baseball operations. |
In a sport dominated by men — specifically, at the top, by white men — Ng symbolized the potential for change, James Wagner writes. |
But she stands alone. Every comparable hire over the past two years has been a white man. |
That doesn't surprise Dave Stewart, a Black American who has worked at all levels of baseball, from spending 16 major-league seasons as a pitcher to working at the executive level. |
"This story — or fairy tale or whatever you want to call it — you're selling to make minorities think that you actually have a chance, we have to still aspire to get that job, but for decades now — for decades now — it's just not happening," Stewart said. |
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What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | Bojan Bogdanovic of the Utah Jazz. Rick Bowmer/Associated Press |
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This weekend, in a rematch from last year's playoffs, the Utah Jazz will take on the Denver Nuggets. Bojan Bogdanovic and Donovan Mitchell (Utah) and Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray (Denver) may make this the most appealing Western Conference matchup not involving a Los Angeles team. (Sunday, 3:30 p.m. NBATV.) |
The balm to help us through the football season's weekend without football has always been the Pro Bowl. But because of the pandemic, this year's event has been canceled. Not to worry: there's always the Hula Bowl, the college All-Star game. After just a few minutes you'll find yourself rooting for Team Kai (ocean), or Team Aina (land). (Sunday, 9:30 p.m., CBSSN.) |
The 2020 Copa Libertadores final, to determine the champion of South America, was scheduled to be in September. And you know exactly what happened next. The two Brazilian teams, Palmeiras and Santos, will finally face off this weekend, meeting in the storied Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro. (Saturday, 3 p.m., BeIn.) |
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