Manny Acta

Acta: Guzman was Nationals' MVP

MLB (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008

Acta: Guzman was Nationals' MVP

Acta's foundation makes impact

MLB (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008

Acta's foundation makes impact

Dukes strikes back; Keep Manny; more HD

William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008

Last night, the Nats did their part to help the Mets with an encore to last year's September choke, winning 7-2 ( The Post ). Elijah Dukes, who created a stir in Queens last week responded the best way a player can -- by hitting one out (VIDEO). Over on The Wash. Times , it is noted that Manny Acta has not had his 2010 option picked up . I think it should be, Acta has been solid...

Nationals Insider: Nothing definitive on Acta

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008

The obvious conclusion there is that Acta's job is safe, especially since Bowden began his response to questions about Acta by saying, "I'm a big supporter of Manny. I think Manny has done an excellent job with this team." He later compared Acta to Jim Leyland in how the longtime manager also struggled early in his career but won once he "had the horses." Bowden then...

Nats have faith in Acta, direction of club

MLB (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

Nats have faith in Acta, direction of club

Acta encourages Classic participation

MLB (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008

Acta encourages Classic participation

Bowden expects Acta to excel when club improves

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

NEW YORK | While manager Manny Acta's future with the Washington Nationals is slightly less clear than it was at this time last year, when a surprising first season led to the team picking up his 2009 contract option on the season's last weekend, there's still no reason to think a disappointing second year will have Acta packing his bags anytime soon.

Major League Baseball's NLCS and World Series Return Home to Fox Sports en Espanol

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

... matchup that will feature a number of Latino superstars, such as Dodgers future Hall of Famer Manny Ramirez and Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero. The half hour pre-game show of the NLCS will feature in-studio commentary and game analysis by former MLB player, Jose Tolentino and the Manager of the Washington Nationals, Manny Acta. Throughout the series, Fox Sports en Espanol will...

Manny Acta feels my pain

Just A Nats Fan (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008

Maybe it’s because our seats are so much further back than they were at RFK (row 40 to our previous row 8), as well as the fact that we were on the far right end of a row whereas now we are in the middle, but people walking up and down the aisles during at [...]

The power structure within the Washington Nationals

William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

After reading yet another article ( The Post ) on how tough it is being Stan Kasten, I decided to diagram the hirearchy of power within the Nationals franchise The Lerners | V Jim Bowden | V Stan Kasten | V Manny Acta There is much to write about now that the season, a 59-102 one -- the worst in MLB, is over. Washington Nationals , Nats , Stan Kasten , Jim Bowden ©MMVIII William F. Yurasko...

Last-place Nationals fire five coaches

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

The last-place Washington Nationals fired five coaches on Sunday, a complete overhaul of manager Manny Acta's staff going into the 2009 season.

• Nationals fire 5 coaches - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Nationals fire 5 coaches

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008

PHILADELPHIA -- The last-place Washington Nationals fired five coaches on Sunday, a complete overhaul of manager Manny Acta's staff going into the 2009 season.

Nats begin search for new coaches

MLB (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

After informing five coaches Sunday that they would not be returning in 2009, the Nationals have begun looking for replacements for Manny Acta's staff.

Nationals report card

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

Associated Press Nationals manager Manny Acta receives average marks for a difficult season in the District.

Sunday Smorgasbord 9-28

Bleatings From a Caps Nut (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

The Nats season came to a merciful end today with an 8-3 loss in Philadelphia . So did the tenure of every Nationals coach except for Manny Acta and Randy St. Claire . Will there be more house cleaning? We don't know but we're ambivalent on the potential dismissal of Jim Bowden. We don't advocate his dismissal but we certainly wouldn't be upset if he were. The bigger problems though seem...