Ng’s hiring not just because a
woman shattered one of men’s
sports’ highest glass ceilings, but
because of which woman did it.
Ng, 52, has spent 30 years in the
game, starting as a 21-year-old
intern holding a radar gun for the
White Sox. The Yankees made her,
at 29, the youngest assistant GM
in baseball in 1998, and she later
worked for the Dodgers and in the
league office. Over the years, she
interviewed for at least five other
GM jobs before the Marlins made
her not only the first female GM, but
the first GM of East Asian descent.
“The most important thing for us
is to not be hired to...give you a
check mark on your diversity list,”
Nuñez says. “For the most qualified
candidate for that position to be a
woman, and a woman who achieved
so much, is amazing. That is exactly
the hire we want.”
Or, says Rachel Balkovec, a
33-year-old hitting coach in the
Yankees’ organization, “She’s just
f------ earned it. There’s no other way
to say it.”
The women had all been hoping
this day would come. But when it
did, many still found themselves
overwhelmed by their emotions.
Patraca sent a text to the group: “I
feel like it’s me.”THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL and
college, René Rismondo, who
works as an operations coordinator
at the players association, wrote
“at least 10” reports on Ng. When
Rismondo, 25, started in the
industry, her mentors reminded
her to keep her fandom to herself.
It wasn’t hard to keep quiet about
her love of the Mets. It was hard to
keep quiet about her admiration
for Ng. At the 2017 World Baseball
Classic, Rismondo decided againstPhysical distance can keep you safe and healthy.
But if an emotional distance forms between
you and those closest to you, it may be due to
drug or alcohol use. Partnership to End Addiction
works with you to establish the connections that
can help save lives and end addiction.Get support to help your child at DrugFree.org