From the streets of Queens to baseball history.

Kim Ng was formally introduced Monday as the Miami Marlins new General Manager, the first woman GM in any of the four major men's professional sports leagues.

"I thought it would be a big deal, but this is beyond my expectations," she said.

Ng talked about her New York connection - not just as an assistant GM with the Yankees, but her days growing up in Queens before her family moved to Glen Cove, Long Island when she was 12.

She went to elementary school at P.S. 173 in Fresh Meadows and grew to love the game by playing stickball in the neighborhood.

"First base would be the red car on the right, second base was the manhole, third base was the green car on the left and another manhole for home," she said. "Those were great memories. When I was growing up in Queens, there weren’t really leagues around at that time, so I wasn't really formally playing. This was street play, just kids enjoying the game."

Ng worked for the Yankees from 1998 to 2001, when the Bombers won three World Series titles. Another trailblazing woman, Suzyn Waldman, the Yankees longtime radio voice, got to know her during that time..

"I am so excited for this because now, there is some little girl out there who is going to know that,'I can do that, mommy. I can do that, daddy. Look, there is a woman there,'" Waldman said. "And that is important. I never had that, other people never had that, and now, every now and then, you’ll look and there is some little kid who will never know she cant do that because there is Kim Ng."

Waldman is the first full-time female color commentator in the Major Leagues..She said it was emotional to hear of Ng's hiring.

"I am looking forward to the day when this isn’t a big deal and that every woman that gets a job isn’t looked at like a novelty act," Waldman said. "Trust me, Kim Ng is no novelty act. She deserves it and is going to do really, really well."

Ng said she's received more than 1,000 congratulatory messages since Friday, and admitted she taken a step back to see the impact of her achievement.

"It made me realize that it really was a glimmer of hope and inspiration for so many, that if you work hard and you persevere and you're driven and you just keep going, then eventually, your dreams will come true," she said.

A dream that began on the streets of Queens.