This video titled, “Jack McKeon Interview (Former Executive and Manager, 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins),” was conducted by Mitch Pittman, Class of 2009, for John Burbridge’s business baseball class at Elon University in 2008. The interview was conducted in Latham Park (2001) and Newsome Field (1977) with Elon Television producing the video and audio shoot. John Aloysius McKeon, was born November 23, 1930. His nickname was "Trader Jack," an American former Major League Baseball manager and front-office executive. The McKeon interview was conducted into video files. This is the video file. Pittman asked McKeon how he acquired the nickname of “Trader Jack”. McKeon comments included: San Diego Padres in 1980, as the assistant general manager, fired the manager, McKeon was asked to become the manager; McKeon felt old veteran baseball players needed to be traded; Padres was in the last place in the league; brought in the new talent of players and the club began winning games; “Trader Jack” was due to the press writers writing about so many of the trades of veteran players; spoke of specific names of players that were traded to the San Francisco Giants of California; the physicals of specific players; statistics to break down players; the baseball game turned into a computer game; need to understand the psychology of each player; scouting for potential best players for the drafts; current feelings of baseball heading in the right direction; wild-card teams win the World Series; and clearing the drug situation up in baseball with the U.S. Congress. Some names included: founder of fast food chain restaurant, McDonalds, Ray Kroc; Larry Bowa; Kevin Mitchell; John Christopher (Chris) Brown; Mark William Davis; William Daro (Billy) Bean; Walter (Kevin) McReynolds; Kevin Richard Long; William (Billy) Long III; August (Augie) Robert Schmidt IV; George Howard Brett; Jeff James; Linda Lashendock; and Drake Springer.