Dan Jennings becoming the 14th manager of the Miami Marlins was so shocking his own mother called him crazy.
“I must tell you, even my mom, who I love, she asked me am I crazy,” Jennings said. “I come from a family with a father who’s a coach. He’s been coaching almost 50 years. We had one motto in my house as I was growing up and that is you can’t win if you’re afraid to lose.
“In my heart this is a playoff team. I love those kids in that clubhouse and I respect them and what they mean and why they’re here.