80 year old former skipper Jack McKeon is back in baseball. Yes, after Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez resigned due to the Marlins going through a 1-19 stretch, the Marlins sought to acquire Jack McKeon to manage the team. If you remember from awhile back, McKeon managed the Marlins in 2003 where they went on to win the World Series that year over the Yankees. In 2003, McKeon was asked to turn a struggling team into a playoff contending one. In 2011, he is asked to do the same. In 2003, the Marlins were 35-39 after 74 games, 13 games out of 1st place in the division. McKeon was brought in to turn things around. From that point on, the Marlins had the best record in baseball and went on to clinch the National League Wild Card and a playoff birth. Well, its deja vu all over again (Yogi Berra reference). The Marlins are in the same predicament this year and Jack is being asked to turn things around. Theres only one question, can Jack yet again pull off the unlikely?
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