While the rest of Dodger Nation worries about [next season after losing to] the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series, executive Kim Ng could be about to break new ground in professional baseball.
Ng was interviewed over the weekend by the San Diego Padres about their vacant general manager’s position, left open after Kevin Towers was fired by the Dodgers’ divisional rivals earlier this month.
Under Towers, the Padres stumbled to a second successive poor season finishing 75-87 and some 20 games back of the league leading Dodgers, but baseball betting still had his firing down as something of a surprise after 14 seasons with the club.
But Ng’s interview for the vacancy did not really come as a shock as she has built an impressive CV within the game, working in the front office at both the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox before venturing to Chavez Ravine, where she rose to the role of vice-president.
Ironically, if Ng gets the job at Petco Park, she would be in charge of a staff which also includes former Dodgers GM Paul de Podesta, once her boss.
But no one is blaming Ng for trying to improve herself, since she appears to be road-blocked by Ned Colletti, [who has just received a long-term contract extension] in Los Angeles.
Colletti seems to polarise opinion both in Los Angeles and in baseball circles thanks to his combination in the past of giving out huge contracts like sweets (Jason Schmidt? Andruw Jones?) and then making some of the most sensible deals in recent Dodger history such as adding apparently washed up Casey Blake and turning George Sherrill back into one of the best setup men in the NL.
So, looking at MLB Predictions, what could the Dodgers do to keep her with the franchise? Promise Ng the GM job once Colletti leaves (if he does)? Hope that she fails to get the Padres job?
Neither [are] ideal situations for the team or for Ng, but whatever happens to her job application there is no doubt that this lady is going to make a fine General Manager for some team some day soon, and I for one wish her all the best!
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