Archive for the 'Manny Acta' Category
20 Games Of Mediocrity: 1-2
Posted on April 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Aaron Boone, Manny Acta, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
A win! A win! A walk-off home run, no less.
It wasn’t always pretty, but it was infinitely better than the blowout I saw the last time I went to Nationals Park. Odalis Perez gave us a six inning, two run quality start. Ryan Zimmerman showed the batting eye he was lacking for most of April [...]
Time For Some Heads To Roll
Posted on April 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Lenny Harris, Manny Acta, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
There are growing movements in the Nats fan universe to fire Manager Manny Acta and/or Hitting Coach Lenny Harris. I strongly disagree with those who blame Manny for the team’s failings (Trader Jim won’t give him a full 25-man roster, let alone one filled with actual Major Leaguers), but I’m definitely seeing the criticism of [...]
Don’t Count On 4-0
Posted on April 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Manny Acta, Washington Nationals, baseball | Leave a Comment
Afternoon game to finish off the series in Philly, and Manny Acta has posted an… interesting… line-up:
Guzman — 6
Milledge — 8
Zimmerman — 5
Kearns — 9
Boone — 3
Belliard — 4
Lopez — 7
Flores — 2
Bergmann — 1
[Emphasis added]
As Barry notes, it makes sense to give Nick Johnson the off day as Philly has a lefty [...]
