I concur. For a long time (but not that long), I didn’t know he was Terry McGuiness.

So was jcb9.

I am kind of happy the way it worked out for them.

Also, I’m not sure it’s really true that we don’t know any specifics about her. We know that she has won high profile arbitration cases against Scott Boras. We know that she negotiates and structures contracts, determines player value, etc etc. She’s been in the game for over 20 years, over 10 of them at the assistant GM position (and with two high-profile teams, so it’s not like she’s been bouncing around). She’s got ample experience in nearly every important part of baseball decision-making other than scouting. I’m not sure what more you could want to know, I guess? I suppose you want "specifics", but I can’t say I’ve ever heard anything about specific "specifics" for the hotshot male GM candidates (say, Chris Antonetti or David Forst or the like).

This is my point. We know alot about her (and the other candidates) in a general sense, but nothing that would separate any of them from one another. All those things you list, winning an arbitration case, 20 years in the front office, lots of non-specific experience, are a virtual cut and paste of every other potential future GM. That’s foot in the door material; it should get her an interview, but there’s nothing in there that would make me want here as our team’s GM. If I was going to support a candidate, I’d want to know alot more about their approach and philosophy, their role in important decisions made during their tenure in previous positions (good and bad), their opinions of specific players, managers, agents, and executives, the specifics of their negotiation experience, etc. I’m not picking on Ng specifically, but she seems to be a lightening rod because of her high profile. I just find it interesting that she gets so much support based on an immense paucity of evidence which I’d consider relevant.