Gothamist: Fired Mets Scout: The Atkins Diet Made Me Crazy and Racist!

Ted

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:55:21 -0500

I absolutely agree with the Mets getting rid of Singer. Intolerable. Especially noe that they've signed Matsui and will be gaining the international coverage that the Yanks and Mariners get, the Mets made the only acceptable move. As a Mets fan, I like that they hire players (with a few exceptions) who are cool-headed and effective without being idiot hotshots. The same should apply to their staff. Screw Singer and the non-native horse he rode in on.

West Coaster

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:14:36 -0500

Good for the Mets for not tolerating the behavior of this total ass.

Hoofin

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:58:06 -0500

Well, I am glad she spells it "Ng" and not "Ing" or she might be confused for the Holland-based interent bank that sponsors the New York City Marathon . . .

tien

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:57:15 -0500

same here. i got to the part where it said "she" and was like, "huh?"

doshin

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:46:37 -0500

It's okay, I'm Asian and I thought that she was a dude too.

bob the angry flower

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:03:54 -0500

i feel like an ass for mistaking kim ng for a guy in the photo. oops.

emjaybee

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:06:02 -0500

What cracks me up is that I once quit a job shortly after I had started a low carb diet, and my boss told my co-workers that she thought it was my diet that had made me "act crazy" and tell her where to get off. Instead of the real reason, which was that she was a horrific bitch. I had been planning on leaving for months before that. Atkins--It Makes You Act Out Your Aggressive Tendencies!

Frankenstein

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:45:42 -0500

More specifically, "Ng" is a name in Cantonese (lots of Ngs in Hong Kong; in Mandarin, it's "Wu"). However, it's more commonly romanized by American Chinese as "Eng" or "Ing" or "Ang" (even though there really isn't a vowel sound in the word), and I thought that Ms. Ng was Vietnamese myself until I read this post...

Jen

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 02:36:58 -0500

There are Chinese people with the last name "Ng" - it's a sound, not a culturally exclusive name. There are Chinese people with the last name "Lee," which is a common Korean and Vietnamese last name as well (and I know some Caucasians with that last name too). My last name, Chung, can be interpreted as Korean as well.

Hoofin

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:01:04 -0500

Well, what I would like to know is how it is that a family comes from China and has a surname that looks Vietnamese. (Just curious) But on a more serious note, you have to wonder where the Mets scout thinks part of his (former) paycheck was coming from. If even 5% of local Mets fans are originally from (or descendents from) the South East Asia community, how does he think they would feel about handing ticket money over to support a character like that?

Frankenstein

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:44:18 -0500

What's interesting is that Ng is well on her way to becoming both the first female general manager in the majors and the first asian-american general manger in the majors. In fact, there are some rather vocal Mariners fans who'd like to see the Seattle franchise tap her for the open Seattle GM spot, though that's not likely to happen...