sportingnews.com - 10/18/2009
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Sporting News staff reports
Throwing his support behind his interim manager, Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman tells the Baltimore Sun that Jim Riggleman would be a good choice for the full-time job.
Zimmerman said Riggleman is "a terrific in-house candidate ... who's got as good a chance as anybody."
Riggleman took over in July after the Nationals fired Manny Acta. He guided the club to a 33-42 record.
In parts of ...
thenatsblog.com - 10/14/2009
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thenatsblog.com —
I recently stumbled across a documentary online called,
“ Sonicsgate, Reqium for a Team. ” I went...
into it expecting to see poorly constructed arguments and bias edits constructed by an impassioned few who still wished the team was in the rainy city, but who were not overall representative ...
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Washington owes it to Montreal to do better
washington.nationals.mlb.com - 10/22/2009
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By Bill Ladson / MLB.com 10/21/09 6:22 PM
ET Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner will be the...
first to tell you the Lerner Group was not happy that the team finished with the worst record in baseball for the second consecutive season. But he will ...
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Q&A with principal owner Lerner
washington.nationals.mlb.com - 10/16/2009
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By Bill Ladson / MLB.com 10/15/09 6:00 PM
ET WASHINGTON -- Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said...
Thursday that the search for a new manager will be in full swing soon but that the skipper may not be named until the postseason is over. Rizzo has ...
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Nats to commence manager search soon
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Just for the record, Zim didn't endorse Riggles for Manager
The Nationals Enquirer —
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(AP Photo. On an unrelated note: Ryan Zimmerman deserves the Gold Glove at third this year.)
Here at The Nationals Enquirer, we generally encourage stretching the truth in the name of a good story or headline. But botching the details - that's a different story.
Take this headline on The Sporting News dot com yesterday:
Zimmerman would like Riggleman to become Nats' full-time skipper
He would? Now, we understand there's often a disconnect between the person writing the headline and the person ...
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