Acta, At Last
Rosenthal sez it's a done deal. Manny Acta is set to be named Nationals manager.
Of all the names that were bantered about, his was the most intriguing, simply because he's the only one I knew anything about -- based on an interview excerpted at Lone Star Ball.
Acta seems to be aware of the numbers, and hopefully won't do mind-numbingly stupid things. We can, I'd wager a small fortune, expect to never see Cristian Guzman leading off, for example. (Is he a stathead?)
He's young, energetic, respected by some players, and had the balls to bench Soriano in the World Baseball Classic last year.
All things considered, the Nationals did well.
Of all the names that were bantered about, his was the most intriguing, simply because he's the only one I knew anything about -- based on an interview excerpted at Lone Star Ball.
Acta seems to be aware of the numbers, and hopefully won't do mind-numbingly stupid things. We can, I'd wager a small fortune, expect to never see Cristian Guzman leading off, for example. (Is he a stathead?)
He's young, energetic, respected by some players, and had the balls to bench Soriano in the World Baseball Classic last year.
All things considered, the Nationals did well.
posted by Chris Needham at
10:20 PM
2 Comments:
Through a very reliable source, I can confirm that Manny Acta, IF HE AGREES to the new contract, will be the next Manager of The Nationals.
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Screech's Best Friend, at 11/10/2006 11:20 PM
Considering that Acta turned down the A's, I think Acta is coming here. Only obstacle I can think of is if Bowden does something stupid - always a chance but I'd wager on Acta being the manager. All things considered, the Nats got a good guy.
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Anonymous, at 11/10/2006 11:27 PM
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