Jack McKeon to become Marlins interim manager

[nevadaO]

Per Buster Olney during the Cubs/Yankees game on ESPN. He will become the 2nd oldest manager in MLB history, second only to the one and only C. Mack.

How long could this possibly hold up?

[waroriole]

My guess is until the end of the season. Though, they could finally get Valentine to manage them.

[Austin]

Man, he was really old the last time he took over the Marlins. Good for him.

[Blizzard1090]

Something tells me that unlike last time, there isn't going to be a major turnaround and World Series victory at the end of it.

[twoBshorty]

Man, he was really old the last time he took over the Marlins. Good for him.

The BBTF thread on this hiring has some funny reference points for just how old McKeon is. He was born during the Hoover administration. He was 29 before the US had 50 states. He managed Lou Piniella, who has since managed 3548 games and retired. His managerial debut was on April 6, 1973. The following current GMs were not even born at that point: Jed Hoyer, Theo Epstein, Chris Antonetti, Andrew Friedman, Alex Anthopoulos, Jon Daniels. Watergate hadn't happened yet and the Soviet Union still had almost 20 years left.

This guy is very old.

[Austin]

He managed Lou Piniella, who has since managed 3548 games and retired.

That has to be the most amazing one.

This is his second stint with the Marlins, a team that didn't even exist until his early 60's.. and that was nearly twenty years ago.

[Remember The Alomar]

The BBTF thread on this hiring has some funny reference points for just how old McKeon is. He was born during the Hoover administration. He was 29 before the US had 50 states. He managed Lou Piniella, who has since managed 3548 games and retired. His managerial debut was on April 6, 1973. The following current GMs were not even born at that point: Jed Hoyer, Theo Epstein, Chris Antonetti, Andrew Friedman, Alex Anthopoulos, Jon Daniels. Watergate hadn't happened yet and the Soviet Union still had almost 20 years left.

This guy is very old.

In the same vein:

Jack McKeon managed Lindy McDaniel who pitched to Walker Cooper, teammate of Pepper Martin who homered off Waite Hoyt, Babe Ruth's friend.

http://twitter.com/#!/JPosnanski/status/82661154052247552

Also, you gotta love that he's six years older than Casey Stengel was when Stengel finally retired.

[Remember The Alomar]

Peter Angelos was born in 1929.

Jack McKeon was born in 1930.

[DrungoHazewood]

Per Buster Olney during the Cubs/Yankees game on ESPN. He will become the 2nd oldest manager in MLB history, second only to the one and only C. Mack.

How long could this possibly hold up?

McKeon was 20 years old when Connie Mack managed his last game for the Philadelphia A's, and McKeon is a New Jerseyite so he could have seen Mack manage in person many times. Connie Mack made his major league debut (as a player) on September 11, 1886.

Of course Mack was allowed to manage until the age of 87 because he was also the majority owner of the A's. It would have taken an act of the commissioner to fire him. Bill James tells stories, near the end of his career, that Mack's coaches would relay signs to the players on the field while sitting behind Mack, who thought he was relaying the signs. Everyone knew that Mack wasn't all there, and that his signs often didn't make much sense, but nobody wanted to tell him so they just let him think he was still running the show.

[scOtt]

Mark Connor says this is a bad idea.

[Icterus galbula]

Mark Connor says this is a bad idea.

And McKeon is almost a full 20 years older.

[ShaneDawg85]

There are times when Jeffrey Loria makes Peter Angelos look like the greatest owner in the history of the game. This is one of those times.

[Pedro Cerrano]

"Before I go, would you mind changing my diaper?"