Rene Lachemann, the first manager for the Marlins, will feel like a fish out of water when baseball spring training camps open this week in Florida and Arizona. For the first time in 53 years, Lachemann is staying home.
“I have to get my head together on all of this,” Lachemann told MLB.com’s Tracy Ringolsby. “Everything comes to an end, but I didn’t want to just hang it up. It’s hard to walk away.”
Lachemann, 71, has been going to spring training — either as a player, manager or coach — every year since 1964 when he was a 19-year-old catcher in the minors.