Report: Angels considering female GM

As the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States, Arte Moreno is no stranger to trail-blazing.

Eight years after assuming control of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Moreno is now reportedly considering Kim Ng to become North America's first female general manager.

ESPN’s Buster Olney—who broke the news—also reports the Angels have interest in Texas Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine.

Former Angels GM Tony Reagins resigned on Sept. 30 following a meeting with Moreno and the team has since announced it won't be renewing the contracts of assistant general manager Ken Forsch and special assistant Gary Sutherland.

Los Angeles went 86-76 and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year in 2011, despite owning baseball's fourth-highest payroll.

The 42-year-old Ng has been short-listed for a few vacant GM jobs in the past, most recently in 2008 when she was the runner-up in Seattle to Jack Zduriencik.

In March, Ng left her post as vice president and assistant GM with the Los Angeles Dodgers to accept the position of senior VP for baseball operations at MLB under Joe Torre.

At the time, Ng said her long-term goal remained the same: to become a general manager in MLB.

"This is a chance for me to contribute in a very meaningful way to the game,” she said of her post with MLB. "As far as long-term aspirations, they're still there. If anything, this makes me a more fully qualified candidate."

A native of Ridgewood, NJ, Ng began her career as an intern with the Chicago White Sox shortly after graduating from the University of Chicago where she played softball for four years and earned a bachelor's degree in public policy.

At 26, she became the youngest person and the first woman to present a salary arbitration case, defeating agent Scott Boras and saving the White Sox $650,000 in pitcher Alex Fernandez's $3.25 million case.

The New York Yankees hired her as an assistant general manager in 1997, and she assumed the same role with the Dodges in 2001.

"What impresses me about Kim is she's able to work in an environment where she's basically the only one," then-Mets GM Omar Minaya told Newsweek back in 2006. "She's as tough as anybody."

Under Moreno's leadership, the Angels haven't been afraid to make bold moves.

Shortly after assuming control of the team, Moreno cut ticket and beer prices at the stadium and increased the team payroll by signing high-priced free agents such as Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero.

He ruffled feathers among the Anaheim municipal council -- and his own fans -- over his decision in 2005 to change the name of the team from the Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.