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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All-Star Game

Congratulations to Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson, both of whom were named to the NL All-Star Team today. Hanley will start in his second straight midseason classic, which is impressive since we know he wasn't voted in by legions of Marlins fans. Unlike other shortstops, Hanley's selection was totally earned, and he deserved it. Hopefully he'll avenge his fellow middle-infielder Dan Uggla.

As for Johnson, he is scheduled to pitch the Marlins' final game before the All-Star Break, so if he sees any action in the game, it will probably be an inning or less of relief. I'm fine with that.

Also making the AL All-Star team was former Marlin Josh Beckett.

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