Kim Ng leaves Dodgers front office

Kim Ng, the Dodgers' assistant general manager, has been talked up through the years as a viable candidate to be the first woman to run a major league team's baseball side. Not here, not now. She has resigned to become a senior vice president of Major League Baseball. Ng will report to former Dodgers manager Joe Torre, baseball's new executive vice president of operations.

Ng had been with the Dodgers since 2002, coming from the Yankees back when Dan Evans was the general manager in L.A. Ng, who will leave after the March 31 Dodgers opener, says she still hopes to be a general manager someday. Frank McCourt said in a statement: "I'm excited for Kim because this is a huge step in her career, but I'm disappointed that we are losing such a tremendous talent. She has been a dedicated member of our organization for the last decade and has set herself apart with her integrity, her work ethic and her dedication to winning and always doing what is best for the Dodgers."

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