Ex-Marlins Coach Takes Marlins Interim Job

The former Florida Marlins 80-year-old skipper Jack McKeon has taken the job as interim coach for the Marlins after Coach Edwin Rodriguez resigned Sunday. McKeon retired as Florida's coach six years ago and will remain with the team for the remainder of the season.

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"I've managed since I was 14 years old," McKeon jokingly said. "I'll probably manage until I'm 95. ... I look at it this way: Why should experience get penalized? Eighty doesn't mean a thing. I'm not 80. My birth certificate says that, but I'm not 80."

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McKeon coached the Marlins to the 2003 World Series championship,