앵킴, 파즈 단장직 인터뷰하다

Kim Ng interviewed for the San Diego Padres' vacant general manager's job on Saturday, giving her another chance to become the first female GM in major league history.

Ng, the Los Angeles Dodgers' assistant general manager, interviewed with Padres CEO and vice chairman Jeff Moorad, according to a person familiar with the process. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the club is still in the process of finding a replacement for Kevin Towers, who was fired two weeks ago.

Both Ng and Moorad declined comment when reached Saturday night.

In her eighth season as vice president and assistant GM with the Dodgers, Ng is one of only two women executives in major league baseball to hold such a position in baseball operations.

Ng became the first woman to interview for a GM's position when she did so with the Dodgers in 2005. The job went to Ned Colletti. She also interviewed last fall for the Seattle Mariners' GM job that went to Jack Zduriencik.

Before coming to the Dodgers, Ng was a top adviser to New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman.

The Padres have been tightlipped about the process. It's believed that Jed Hoyer, assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox, is the leading candidate.

Moorad has said he wants a more "strategic approach" from his GM. Towers was known more as a seat-of-the-pants GM who built four NL West winners and had his 1998 club reach the World Series, where it was swept by the Yankees.
다저스의 부단장인 앵킴(Ng Kim)이 오늘 파즈의 CEO이자 부회장인 제프 무라드씨와 인터뷰를 가졌다고 합니다. 작년에 시애틀 단장 후보에도 올랐던 앵킴은 MLB에 종사하는 여자 중에 가장 영향력이 높은 축에 속하며, 여러팀에서 다양한 경력이 있기때문에 주목을 받는 모양입니다. 현재 파즈 단장직에는 현 보스턴의 어시스트 GM인 제드 호이어(Jed Hoyer)가 가장 강력한 후보라는군요.

제가 아는 미국법에 따르면 이런 자리에는 후보직으로 여성이나 소수민족이 몇 퍼센트 들어가야하는 조건이 있는걸로....그래서 집어넣은게 아닌가 싶네요. 전 아직까지 GM직에 여성이 등극한다는게.....부정적이진 않지만 현실적으로 어려워보이네요.

더군다나 구단주가 무라드(그룹)으로 바뀐 이상 페이롤의 증가가 아마도 있지 않을까 싶네요. PDP의 경우는 단장후보가 아니라고 못을 박았나 봅니다.