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  • Miami Marlins general manager Qiming, the first woman to hold the post in major league baseball, is feeling the pressure to perform.

  • No.

  • You know, before I got the job, it feels like this £10,000 weight went from the left shoulder.

  • And now that I've got the job now transferred to the right shoulder because whatever I do have, I've just got to do it well.

  • Eng has worked as an executive in the MLB commissioner's office since 2011 as senior vice president of baseball operations, having first broken into the MLB as an intern in 1990.

  • She previously served as an assistant general manager for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.

  • In addition to being the first female general manager in the MLB, Ang is also the first person of East Asian descent toe hold the title.

  • It feels amazing.

  • It's just a symbol for so many women who are out there just trying Thio work their way up to the top, make their way up to the next level.

  • All I can say is that I'm happy it's happened and and I look forward to running the Marlins hopefully to a championship MLB commissioner Rob Manfred commended the selection, saying Quote 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.

  • In a news conference Monday at Marlins Park, Ang had this to say to women.

  • One piece of advice I would have is tell people what you think.

  • I don't think that I was ever hired to just nod and play along.

  • You are hired to give your opinion.

  • You're hired for your opinions and those air those air things that matter again.

  • It's, you know, you can bring all the right people to the table.

  • But if they're not talking, you know, if those diverse perspectives they're not talking, you don't really have much of anything.

Miami Marlins general manager Qiming, the first woman to hold the post in major league baseball, is feeling the pressure to perform.

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