washingtontimes.com - 6/16/2009
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Ben Goessling ( Contact ) | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 NEW YORK | The Manny Acta watch apparently will continue for at least another day - and possibly through Thursday or longer. The Washington Nationals did not announce the firing of the third-year manager Monday, and a team spokesman said Acta ...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/15/2009
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
Manny Acta appears to be on his way
out as Nationals manager, and while respected ex-big league...
manager Jim Riggleman reportedly will be installed as the interim manager, team higher-ups also have begun internal discussions about permanent candidates. ...
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Jon Heyman: Nationals could replace Acta with Valentine; ...
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washingtontimes.com - 6/17/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
Ben Goessling ( Contact ) | Wednesday, June
17, 2009 NEW YORK | With uncertainty about his...
job status swirling around Manny Acta since reports first surfaced that the Washington Nationals manager was about to be fired, Acta has maintained his usual ...
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Rizzo: Acta reports untrue
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Fireproof?
The Nationals Enquirer —
(AP Photo. Manny Acta would find it amusing if he gets canned in NYC sometime over the next three days, considering he'll be hired again in NYC sometime in the Fall.)
"I'm still the manager." (Manny Acta, via Nationals dot com, 6/16/2009)
Somehow, Manny Survived Monday.
Washington Times speculates that he's safe through Thursday...and beyond?
Monday came and went, and apparently Manny Acta is still employed by the Nationals. What happened, Stan?
Chico Harlan/Nationals Journal got the quote from ...
Teflon Manny
NBC Washington - Sports —
... as his first assignment. He's safe through at least Thursday, says the Times . And the Rosenthal report was characterized by mlb .com as being "premature" not wrong. ...
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FOXSports.com News for MLB 6/16/2009
Right-hander Kip Wells has been activated from the 15-day disabled list by the Washington Nationals, who optioned right-hander Jason Bergmann to Triple-A Syracuse.
Wells, 0-2 with a 6.26 ERA and two saves in 19 appearances for the Nationals, went on ...
