History is made with Mariners New Manager

The Seattle Mariners hired a new manger on Wednesday November 19th and with the hire they made history.  The new manager Don Wakamatsu becomes the first Asian American manager in the history of the MLB.  Wakamatsu played 11 games in the majors as a player but mostly was a minor league player.  Last year he was the Oakland Athletics bench coach, and before that he spent 5 years in the Rangers Organization.  Wakamatsu becomes the 14th manager in the history of the Mariners and looks to turn a underachieving oraganization around.  Last year the Mariners lost 101 games and had the second worst record to the Washington Nationals.  With a decent amount of talent and a nucleus of young players the team from Seattle has potential to contend and they look to Wakamatsu now to bring them to the next level.

I beleive that this is a great hire for the Mariners.  Seattle is a very multicultural city and has a rich tradition in Asian history.  Perhaps the Mariners are looking to appeal to Ichiro Suzuki to keep him from going elsewhere in free agency.  Suzuki, one of the most consistent and valuable players in the MLB, is an important part of Wakamatsu's success with the new team.  This hire and the influx of Asian baseball players coming to the MLB will perhaps increase the amount of Asian managers in the future.