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Reports have sufaced that Manny Acta, manager of the Washington Nationals will be fired sometime today or in the near future. Acta has lead the Nationals to an embarrassing 16-45 record, so I guess firing him really shouldn’t come us much of a shock. But I guess I still don’t understand it. Apparently, the upper management likes Acta a lot and from what I’ve read it seems like he’s doing a pretty decent job with the hand he’s been dealt. So why get rid of him?

There is nothing good about a winning percentage that is lower than most batting averages, but let’s be serious, is this really Manny Acta’s fault? Of course not. He is dealing with a team that really isn’t going anywhere, it’s two studs are Ryan Zimmerman and the guy they just drafted. The Nationals actually have a decent offense but a terrible pitching staff, and that’s just the beginning of their problems. General manager Jim Bowden was fired after his whole scandal, and now the Nats are stuck with an interim GM, which is really not a good place for a ballclub. Oh and Jim Bowden was supposed to be an interim GM too, but then he wasn’t.

Where the Nationals really need to get themselves on track is in the upper-management. If they are going to stick with Rizzo as their GM, then they should announce it, because interim anythings just don’t work in the long term. Then, the Nats should be focused on their farm system, and only their farm system.

And the whole idea that someone “needs to blamed” for a team losing is ridiculous. They should be an organization that works to win, not one that has to fire somebody so that the fans don’t riot when the team continues to lose. And they weren’t rioting anyway. If they like Acta, they should keep Acta. Plain and simple.