The Miami Marlins hired a new manager yesterday and in the process gained a new, famous fan. The Marlins hired former Dodgers manager and Yankees great, Don Mattingly, to manage their team for hopefully at least the next four seasons. Apparently that made Lil Wayne very happy.

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As the manager of the Marlins, Mattingly will attempt to introduce stability to one of baseball’s most volatile franchises, which is under the ownership of notorious micro manager Jeffrey Loria. The Marlins have finished with a sub-.500 record in each of the last six seasons, a period over which they had seven managers.

The last of those managers was Dan Jennings, the team’s former general manager. Jennings, who had no previous managerial experience, was supposed to return to the front office this off-season, but was fired Thursday.

The Marlins had an opening-day payroll of under $70 million this year, the lowest figure in baseball. The Dodgers spent more than $300 million on player salaries.

None of that seems to matter to Wayne, as having Mattingly as the manager is all he needed to get excited about his “hometown” team.

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