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MIAMI -- The timing couldn’t have been better to induct Jack McKeon into the Marlins Legends Hall of Fame last Sunday.

The upstart Marlins were hours away from sweeping the Yankees, the same storied organization that the franchise took down to capture its second World Series championship in 2003 under the guidance of McKeon .

Over the course of the weekend, 101,545 fans -- a loanDepot park three-game series attendance record -- watched the Marlins claw back to .500 for the first time since April 15, becoming the first club in 11 years to do so after being 16 games below .500 .

The 2003 Marlins became the seco

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