kim ng in the top four for mariners gm job

As of last week, Kim Ng, assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, is still reportedly in the running for the Seattle Mariners GM job. One of the top four candidates, to be exact: Mariners GM search down to 4. If hired, she would become baseball's very first female general manager.

According to an anonymous baseball official, Ng is getting a second interview along with Milwaukee Brewers executive Jack Zduriencik, Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jerry DiPoto and Toronto Blue Jays assistant GM Tony LaCava.

How cool is it to see an Asian American woman's name amongst all these dudes? Word has it, the Mariners are looking for some fresh thinking, and Ng's experience with the Dodgers and Yankees makes her just as qualified as any of these guys.

Here's one Seattle Times columnist on why Kim Ng is exactly what Seattle—and major league baseball—needs right now: Baseball needs someone like Kim Ng.