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voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/23/2009
Manny Acta, Positivity and Patience
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(All photos by Cathy Taylor; see more here.) Sunday night was Manny Acta Bobblehead Night at Shirley Povich Field, hosted by the Bethesda Big Train. I followed him around for two hours and watched. A few observations. Popularity "I enjoy you, Manny," Bruce Artim told Acta near the end of one of ...
washingtontimes.com - 6/17/2009
Rizzo: Acta reports untrue
— 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 ... (more) Rizzo: Acta reports untrue

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msn.foxsports.com - 6/19/2009
Forget benching, dropping Mags makes more sense - FOX Sports on MSN
— msn.foxsports.com — Well, the Nationals can't fire Manny Acta now. Not after winning two of three games from the... Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Acta's job security remains as tenuous as it was last Saturday when I reported that the Nationals had decided him to replace him ... (more) Forget benching, dropping Mags makes more sense - FOX ...

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D.C. Sports Bog - Manny Acta, Positivity and Patience
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/22/2009
D.C. Sports Bog - Manny Acta, Positivity and Patience
— voices.washingtonpost.com — (All photos by Cathy Taylor; see more here .)... (more) D.C. Sports Bog - Manny Acta, Positivity and Patience

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DMV: ‘Hey Look Kids, There’s Big Ben’
Mr. Irrelevant — ... sporting links. We’ve seen the likes of Stephen Strasburg before, 20 years ago in the form of Ben McDonald, who was touted as the greatest college pitcher ever, drafted No. 1 overall and represented by Scott Boras. Chico Harlan does a great job retelling how that difficult signing went down. [WaPo] A Corey Patterson O’s jersey. There must be a Nats version. [Straight Cash Homey] Manny Acta is a good man, and a snappy dresser. [Bog] Blog icon Tyler Clippard makes it to the Nats as a reliever. [The Nats Blog ...

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