Miami Marlin Manager Mayhem (a kwiz)

[Gwreck]

Girardi is #6. Won Manager of the Year.

[Edgy MD]

Joe Girardi was number nine, but his testosterone-fueled style was too attractive to the Yankees, who invoked their eminent domain rights and seized him up.

[Gwreck]

Oops! I knew that. Good correction.

Mike Redmond, another one of the former-catcher-turned-managers should be #15.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Redmond is a guy I'd completely forgotten.

It really seemed like the Yankees directed that Girardi get experience in Miami


1, 1993-66 Rene Lachmann (Marshmallow)
2. 1996* Cookie Rojas (Marshmallow)
3. 1996 John Boles (Frayed knot-)
4. 1997-98 Jim Leyland (Marshmallow)
5. 1999-01
6. 2001
7. 2002-03 Jeff Torborg (edgy)
8. 2003-05 Jack McKeon (cowtipper)
9. 2006 Joe Girardi (edgy-Gwreck)
10. 2007-10
11. 2010-11 John Boles (knot)
12. 2011*
13. 2011
14. 2012 Ozzie Guillen (Edgy)
15. 2013-15 Mike Redmond (Gwreck)
16. 2015 Dan Jennings (cowtipper)
17. 2016-22 Don Mattingly (Batmags)
18. 2023-24 Skip Schumaker (marshmallow)
19. 2025 Clayton McCollough

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I have a soft spot for the Marlins. I was able to see their first two games, and one of the World Series games. They train in Jupiter, where my parents live, so I get to see them in spring training or the Jupiter Hammerheads, their Florida State League team. We get to go to a game in Miami once in a while - usually when the Mets are there. Plus, they generally pose no threat to the Mets - with notable exceptions.

They do run through managers. They actually had Brandon Hyde for a bit. Lucky for the orioles. I think he was No. 13.

[Gwreck]

Before he was in Atlanta, Fredi Gonzalez was managing the Marlins for a while. By process of elimination, he must be #10.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Hyde was actually 12 not 13.

Fredi Gonzalez is correct

I put Boles II in the wrong spot, he was 1999-01



1, 1993-66 Rene Lachmann (Marshmallow)
2. 1996* Cookie Rojas (Marshmallow)
3. 1996 John Boles (Frayed knot-)
4. 1997-98 Jim Leyland (Marshmallow)
5. 1999-01 John Boles (knot)
6. 2001
7. 2002-03 Jeff Torborg (edgy)
8. 2003-05 Jack McKeon (cowtipper)
9. 2006 Joe Girardi (edgy-Gwreck)
10. 2007-10 Fredi Gonzalez (gwreck)
11. 2010-11
12. 2011* Brandon Hyde (marshmallow)
13. 2011
14. 2012 Ozzie Guillen (Edgy)
15. 2013-15 Mike Redmond (Gwreck)
16. 2015 Dan Jennings (cowtipper)
17. 2016-22 Don Mattingly (Batmags)
18. 2023-24 Skip Schumaker (marshmallow)
19. 2025 Clayton McCollough
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[Edgy MD]

Look at all the J's! Joe, Jeff, John, Jack, Jim ... Jennings — it was clearly a desirable attribute for a few years there.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Three guys left:

One I gave away earlier
The other is a Hall of Fame player
The third resigned after the Fish lost 18 of 19

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Tony Perez is the Hall of Famer.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm declaring Marshmallow the champion of this kwiz, and will reveal the missing answers--

Edwin Rodriguez was 2010-11 who resigned after an awful June losing stretch and was replaced first by Brandon Hyde, then the second go-round for Jack McKeon.

Thanks for playing Miami Marlin Manager Mayhem!

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

This was fun!