Ahhh that Riggleman touch

What must Manny Acta be thinking right now?

He’s dumped because he couldn’t make a lousy team rise above the level of “lousy.”

So in comes Jim Riggleman.

Riggs has managed all or part of 10 seasons now.

He has one playoff spot (the 1998 Cubs who won the one game playoff against the Giants for the Wild Card only to be swept by Atlanta.) He has one other winning season (the lock out shortened 1995 season with the Cubs.)

He has 4 complete seasons where his team had a winning percentage of .420 or lower.

And now has lost his first 6 games as the Nats new manager.

Acta must be thinking “I could have done THAT!”

With such a lousy resume, why the hell does he keep getting managing gigs, even if they are temporary (like his 90 game tenure with the Mariners last year)?

You are really saying that Chris Chambliss can’t handle this?

I will keep lobbying for Chambliss until he gets a gig!

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Why doesn’t anyone listen to me?

Mussina retired last year, and I begged Schilling, Maddux, Pedro and Smoltz to retire too.

There was nothing left for any of them to prove. 

Maddux and Schil read the writing on the wall…

But Glavine got axed and Pedro is probably going to be shelled.

And Smoltz is ending a wonderful Hall of Fame career, one where he was not only a Cy Young starter but the all time leader in saves for the Braves, as a batting practice pitcher for the Red Sox.

It was a nice experiment, but his spot needs to be filled by Buchholz and Smoltz needs to be designated for assignment.

Folks, LISTEN TO SULLY… I tend to be right.

OK, that’s not true. I make tons of bad predictions. 

But this wasn’t exactly a hard one to make.

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