Effectively Wild Episode 1638: How Kim Ng Broke into Baseball by Ben Lindbergh January 4, 2021 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the official retirement of Phil Hughes, the joy of anticipating top prospects and watching them debut, the sobering reality of players their age starting to retire, a report that the 2021 season is likely to start on time, and a control group for their minor league free agent draft, then (31:40) talk to former Dodgers general manager Dan Evans about how he hired new Marlins GM Kim Ng when he worked for the White Sox and Dodgers, how she distinguished herself as an intern and gained greater responsibility, how to stand out in an MLB front office, why Ng had to wait so long for a GM job, how teams can diversify front offices and ensure that more minority candidates are promoted into positions of power, how the GM role has changed, and how Ng will run the Marlins. Audio intro: The Who, "1921" Audio interstitial: Mates of State, "A Control Group" Audio outro: Courtney Barnett, "Kim’s Caravan" Link to Hughes’ retirement announcement Link to video of Hughes’ 2007 debut Link to 2007 BP top prospect list Link to Andy McCullough on Hughes’ second career Link to study on top-prospect production Link to Jon Tayler on Strasburg’s debut Link to The Athletic report on the 2021 season Link to minor league free agent draft results Link to EW interview with Jen Wolf Link to Dan’s Sports Management Worldwide page Link to Dan on Kim Ng Link to Lindsey Adler on Kim Ng Link to Olivia Witherite on Kim Ng Link to Marc Carig on Kim Ng Link to Jen Mac Ramos on Kim Ng Link to Jake Mailhot on Kim Ng Link to Rachael McDaniel on Kim Ng iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/p/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1638.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS