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Miami Marlins Tap Rutgers Alum O’Connor as President of Business Ops

The Miami Marlins continue to make historic marks off the field. Two years after the organization named former Yankees excutive Kim Ng as the first female General Manager, the Marlins…

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MIAMI, FLORIDA – APRIL 29: General manager Kim Ng of the Miami Marlins looks on prior to the game against the Seattle Mariners at loanDepot park on April 29, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The Miami Marlins continue to make historic marks off the field. Two years after the organization named former Yankees excutive Kim Ng as the first female General Manager, the Marlins promoted Caroline O'Connor as President of Baseball Operations. This is the first time that a Major League team is women in two of the biggest baseball front office jobs possible at General Manager of President of Baseball Operations.

O'Connor is a New Jersey native, having grown up in Freehold, and attended school collegiately at Rutgers University where she majored in computer science according to NJ.com.

O'Connor got into the Marlins interview after interviewing with then part-owner and CEO Derek Jeter -- a player that O'Connor had grown up watching as a Yankees fan.  O'Connor officially joined the Marlins in 2017 as Jeter’s senior vice president and chief of staff, then became chief operating officer in 2019.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.