Gallery: Phillies' Pete Mackanin has a way with players
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS ago, just before the underachieving Cincinnati Reds took the field for what was likely one of their many forgettable games in a lost season, Pete Mackanin approached veterans Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn before the national anthem.
Mackanin, 55 at the time and in his second stint as an interim manager in three seasons, addressed the 37-year-old Griffey and put on a serious face.
"I know how you like wearing your hat backwards, but that's not happening anymore while I'm here and I'm going to fine you each time you're wearing it like that," Mackanin said.