The Florida Marlins bringing back former manager Jack McKeon to coach the ballclub for the rest of the season. The Marlins were ten games above 500 and just two games behind the Phillies on May 31st for first place in the NL East but a brutal June in which they have won just one game took it's toll on former manager Edwin Rodriguez who resigned this past Sunday. With little time to find a suitable replacement the Marlins turned to their hot tub time machine and hired McKeon, making this the second time the club has hired him in the middle of the season. The first time occurred in 2003 and it worked out quite well for the team as they went on to win the world series that fall in shocking fashion. However, I highly doubt the same will occur this year and the odds are McKeon's return will be as successful as Joe Gibbs comeback with the Washington Redskins. I'm generally not in favour of recycling former coaches or players on any team but in this case that's not even the major issue revolving around this hiring. In fact, that's a minor detail. The glaring issue is that the Marlins just hired a man who was around during the Black Sox scandal... Alright, that's stretching it a bit but McKeon is 80 years old, which will make him the oldest coach in professional sports by quite a few years. I can't see how he'll be able to manage games when they typically start three hours after he's had dinner and around the same time he settles into bed with a nice episode of Columbo! Unless the Marlins start moving games to 12:00pm I don't think this hiring will work out too well.
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