baseball

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/kim-ng-named-first-female-gm-in-baseball-history/

Kim Ng (Pronounced Eng) has become the first woman to be hired as a manager in a professional league baseball club in America. She is also the first Asian – American to manage a team.

Watch this short news clip about Kim’s appointment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ8fcDvFAj0

Kim has worked for 30 years in different baseball clubs; she has been Assisant General Manager with the New York Yankees and Assistant General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Commissioner for baseball Robert Manfred Jnr said, “Kim’s appointment makes history in all of professional sports and sets a significant example for the millions of women and girls who love baseball and softball.”

Kim said, “When I got in to this business it seemed unlikely that a women would lead a major team, but I’m dogged in pursuit of my goals.”

Many people have praised Kim; one person said, “All it takes is one and then it opens the door for somebody.”

-        Why has this story made news?

-        Why do you think Kym is first women to manage a major league baseball team?

-        Kim started as an intern. What’s an intern?

-        “When I got in to this business it seemed unlikely that a women would lead a major team,” why?

-        “I’m dogged in pursuit of my goals” what does this mean?

-        Kim “sets a significant example for the millions of women and girls who love baseball and softball.” Why?

-        “All it takes is one and then it opens the door for somebody.”

-        What does this show about ideas and the world today (ideas can change, the world is changing)

-        What can we learn from Kim?

-        Why is this about No Outsiders?