msn.foxsports.com - 20 days ago
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The Nationals, down to two finalists for their managerial vacancy, expect to make a decision by the end of the week, general manager Mike Rizzo said Monday night.
mlb.mlb.com - 17 days ago
dcprosportsreport.com - 19 days ago
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dcprosportsreport.com —
The Washington Nationals are reportedly down to two
finalists for the Manager position. It appears the Nationals...
are trying to decide between interim-Manager Jim Riggleman and Bobby Valentine.
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Report: Nats down to two finalists for Manager
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 17 days ago
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
Jim Riggleman, the Nationals' interim manager for the
second half of the 2009 season, will be elevated...
to the permanent managing job, SI.com has learned.
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Nats choose Riggleman over Valentine
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Valentine a finalst -- but not the favortie -- for the Nats job
Circling The Bases —
[image] Ken Rosenthal reports that the Nats have narrowed their managerial choices down to two: current skipper Jim Riggleman and Bobby Valentine. However, the Nats are more likely to stay the course than make the sexier pick in Valentine, says Rosenthal, for the simple reason that Riggleman won't demand as much money as Valentine is presumed to want. One the one hand you can look at this as the Nats being cheap: Valentine is a better manager than Riggleman and the Nats need some identity, so why not pay for it? But I can't say it's a bad move on their part. The Nats aren't ...
Odds & Ends: Felix, Jays, Valentine
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Some links for Tuesday morning...
One GM asked Joel Sherman of the New York Post why Felix Hernandez would consider signing long-term with the Mariners when the Yankees could conceivably offer $200MM in two winters when he's a free agent.
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that Bobby Valentine and Jim Riggleman are the two finalists for the Nats' managerial job.
The Blue Jays claimed Mike McCoy from the Rockies off waivers, according to the Jays' Twitter.
Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times ...
Nats Swipe Bryan Minniti
Bucs Dugout —
"The Nationals have hired former Mets and Orioles manager Davey Johnson as a senior advisor and Bryan Minnitti [sic], the Pirates' director of baseball operations, as Rizzo's assistant GM." -Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports
Minniti had been with the Pirates for nine years, joining them initially as an intern while still in college at Pitt, and then working his way up through the ranks. Notably, he was one of the few Littlefield staffers deemed competent enough to be worth keeping around after Huntington was hired. ...
Overbay Applesauce - Mets rumored to move Castillo, buying high with Wolf, Riggleman v. Valentine
Amazin' Avenue —
... Reports around the Nationals say that Washington is deciding between Jim Riggleman and Bobby Valentine for their vacant managerial position. ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 18 days ago — The Washington Nationals selected interim manager Jim Riggleman as their permanent manager on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the deliberations, ending a short but wide-ranging search. Riggleman, who turned 57 this week, was informed of ...
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Here's my story on the Nats' manager search from the dead-tree edition, in which I write that Bobby Valentine has emerged as "an intriguing possibility" and that Jim Riggleman represents a more "conservative" choice who has the backing of "many in the ...
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