This is the funniest thing ever

Poo-poo cards and pee-pee cards. The 2003 Marlins were about as mature as a Boy Scout troop:

"In between innings they'd [Josh Beckett and Brad Penny] go to the clubhouse to get a drink or hang out," McKeon recalled this afternoon from his home in North Carolina.

"I said, 'Hey, I got no rule against going up if you have to go to the bathroom or something, but get back.' A couple of times I looked down the bench to talk to somebody and they weren't there. They were in the clubhouse. So I went up and got them out and said, 'OK, boys that’s it. We'll lock the door.'"

McKeon told that same story in June, after he took over as Marlins manager when Edwin Rodriguez resigned. In June, McKeon was a little more animated in his recollection of what he did in 2003: "I would go in clubhouse with bat and (say) 'get your asses out of here!' I locked the clubhouse."

McKeon recalled in June how he handed out what he called "poo-poo cards and pee-pee cards. Put them where I was sitting (in the dugout), so if you wanted to go to bathroom you had to get a card. That broke it up."

Never change, Jack, never change.

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Children of the Marlins Diaspora 4

Brad Penny, P

Played for Marlins: 2000-2004
Other teams: Los Angeles Dodgers (2004-2008), Boston Red Sox (2009-)
Marlins fans know him because: He was a mainstay and key figure on the "teams on the cusp of something" at the beginning part of this decade and of course the 2003 World Series Champions. He was also fun to watch at the plate because you knew whenever he connected with a ball (rare, but it did happen ) it would go a long way.
Everyone else knows him because: He was one of a several baseball players to date Alyssa Milano. He's a fat pitcher, and those guys are always remembered. He started the 2006 All-Star Game for the NL and hit 100 mph on the radar gun. Dodgers fans may remember him for getting injured in his first start since they acquired him in 2004.
Best Marlins moment: He collected the win in Game 7 of the 2003 NLCS, pitching a scoreless inning of relief, but it has to be the two victories he earned as a starter in Games 1 and 5 of the World Series, giving up just three runs in twelve and a third innings total.

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