Marlins' McKeon Returning to Manage
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Jack McKeon will return to manage the Florida Marlins in 2005.
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Miami Dolphins general manager Rick Spielman said yesterday he's been assured by owner Wayne Huizenga he will return in that role next season.
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Jon Lieber agreed to a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, Al Leiter returned to the Florida Marlins, and Woody Williams went back to the San Diego Padres as major league teams moved quickly to grab starting pitchers yesterday after the first free-agent deadline of the offseason passed.
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After two tough losses to the New York Mets, the Florida Marlins are happy to see them leave town. Paul Lo Duca had three RBIs, Jose Reyes had three hits and Carlos Delgado delivered a game-tying, two-out single in the ninth inning as the Mets beat the Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday night &#151; trimming New York's magic number for winning the NL East to two.
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After a season that ended in  shock, frustration and tragedy, the New York Yankees are back  in Florida getting ready for what could be another tumultuous  year.
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Carlos Delgado wanted to play for a contender, and the Florida Marlins look like one now.
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The New York Yankees began reshaping their roster yesterday, sending outfielder Kenny Lofton and more than $1.5 million to the Philadelphia Phillies for setup man Felix Rodriguez and also reacquiring Mike Stanton from the Mets.
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Former New York Yankees hitting coach Rick Down was hired for the same job by the Mets on Friday, reuniting him with new manager Willie Randolph.
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Free-agent reliever Antonio Alfonseca signed a one-year contract Friday to rejoin his former team, the Florida Marlins, who revised their offer when a routine physical disclosed a herniated disc in the right-hander&#39;s back.
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Contrary to previous reports, Mel Stottlemyre will return to the New York Yankees as their pitching coach for the 2005 season.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - After spending the last seven seasons with the New York Mets, Al Leiter was feeling a little nostalgic. Leiter signed a one-year contract with the Florida Marlins, a team he helped lead to a World Series title in 1997.
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&quot;We&#39;ve battled through a lot of adversity these past two or three weeks; this is just a little bump in the road,&quot; manager Jack McKeon said after Florida lost 6-2 and 10-4 to fall 31/2 behind San Francisco in the wild-card race.
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Scott Podsednik, coming off a down year, agreed to a one-year, $2.9 million deal on Friday to return as leadoff man for the Chicago White Sox.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The New York Mets on Thursday  introduced Willie Randolph as their 18th manager in franchise  history.
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Antonio Alfonseca&#39;s return to the Marlins&#39; bullpen has been put on hold because of a physical that found problems in the right-handed reliever&#39;s back.
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The jokes came easily Monday morning for Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon, at ease with a stogie in the unfamiliar US Cellular Field office of his one-time third-base coach.
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Orlando Hernandez left the New York Mets' spring training camp and returned to New York to have his neck examined.