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Perez's second shot is on target.(Tony Perez as manager for Florida Marlins)

The Sporting News

| July 09, 2001 | ROSENTHAL, KEN | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Dan Miceli was right. Too public, too personal but accurate in his criticism of former Marlins manager John Boles. Ridiculous with his claim that only former major leaguers make good managers but correct about the Marlins needing a change.

Miceli is gone now, waived by the team he helped rescue. But his legacy endures in the renewed passion of the Marlins' Hispanic players, the reduced tension in the team's clubhouse and the respect for Boles' replacement, Tony Perez.

The change from Boles, a longtime personnel man who never played minor or major league baseball, to Perez, the former leader of the Big Red Machine, was the perfect move for an ...

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