Earlier this week I read that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are breaking off their engagement. I know they have a kid together, but what do people expect? They are both in their late teens. Kids at that age have a new boyfriend or girlfriend every two months.Anyway, Bristol Palin got me thinking about Sarah Palin which got me thinking about this past election, which made me wonder if Palin ... Sarah, not Bristol - she's too young and probably too busy with the baby ... would try to run for office and become the first female President in 2012. That of course made me wonder if baseball has any leading ladies. Specifically, female General Managers.
I searched and searched and found that Linda McNabb is the President of the Fort Myers Miracle, and Melinda Rich is President of Rich Entertainment Group that owns the Buffalo Bisons. But I don't know if they necessarily count. McNabb probably spends a lot of her time away from the Miracle working for The Goldklang Group, which owns the team. Rich's dad, Robert Rich, is also technically the President of the Bisons. How much do these two women actually contribute to the team? Nothing against them, but something tells me they probably spend more time working on other non-team related business.
So in my picky nature I searched on and found Kristen Rose and Naomi Silver. Rose is the President of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, while Silver is the COO of the Rochester Red Wings. Maybe those aren't their full-time gigs, but I didn't find otherwise. So do they make the cut? "You betcha."
I was still looking for a female General Manager though and to my surpise, I found several. Seven in fact:
- Karin Deveney - VP/GM, Atlantic City Surf
- Kari Rumfield - GM, Florence Freedom
- Kelly Sufka - Executive VP/GM, Joliet Jackhammers
- Shari Massengill - GM, Kinston Indians
- Jane Rogers - Executive VP/GM, Staten Island Yankees
- Leslye Wuerfel - GM/CFO, Traverse City Beach Bums
- Monica Ortega - VP/GM, Tri-City Dust Devils
