The Miami Marlins person hired Skip Schumaker arsenic the team's caller manager, the squad announced Tuesday.
A first-time manager, Schumaker played 11 seasons successful the majors, with the archetypal 8 coming with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a portion of 2 World Series-winning Cardinals teams successful 2006 and 2011.
"As we proceed to turn arsenic an organization, we felt it was important to find an idiosyncratic who had been a portion of a winning culture," Marlins wide manager Kim Ng said successful a connection Tuesday. "Having been a subordinate of 2 title teams, on with his estimation for tenacity and getting each ounce of his ability, Skip volition beryllium a tremendous illustration to our players. His enactment style, teaching skills and attraction to item made him the wide prime arsenic the club's caller manager."
Schumaker spent this play arsenic the Cardinals' seat manager aft 4 seasons arsenic an adjunct with the San Diego Padres.
"I'm precise excited and grateful that [owner Bruce Sherman], Kim, and the Marlins enactment person fixed maine an accidental to negociate a precise talented team," Schumaker said successful a statement. "Delivering a winning, sustainable civilization with the objection of getting into the postseason is the adjacent measurement for this enactment and South Florida - and I can't hold to get started."
Schumaker replaces Don Mattingly, whose declaration was not renewed astatine the extremity of the season. Mattingly served arsenic Miami's manager for 7 seasons and near arsenic the franchise's all-time person successful wins.
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