MLB hires first Asian-American manager
Japanese-American Don Wakamatsu, who speaks as much Japanese as I do Tagalog (which is to say very little), has been hired by the Seattle Mariners as team manager - making him the first Asian-American MLB team manager in history.
The Mariners’ 14th manager, Wakamatsu was bench coach for the Oakland Athletics last season. Before that he spent five years with the Texas Rangers.
“When I started this process, there were some key attributes we were looking for,” Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said in a statement. “We wanted energy, a passion and the skills to translate that passion to the players. We wanted leadership, a presence that could help us as we define the ’Mariners Way’ to win. We wanted someone that both the community and the players could embrace. We wanted someone who sees the big picture and cares about the players and wants to win. Don embodies all of those traits.”
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