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How about Manny Acta as manager of the year, or at least of the late spring? OK, so it's only mid-June, but this 38-year-old rookie skipper has the Nationals playing better than anybody thought they would or could.
Remember all those preseason laments that his motley crew would lose 110, 115 or 120 games? The Nats are 29-39, a .426 pace that projects to 69-93 for a full season, not exactly calamitous under the circumstances. So relax, Casey Stengel of the 120-loss 1962 Mets and Alan Trammell of the 119-loss 2003 Tigers - your hard-earned incidences of ignominy appear safe from assault.See the full content of this document
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Acta Making Passing Marks
Of course, nothing is certain in rounders except that games will take too long and fringe players will earn too much. Before we start planning parades for Manny and the Nats, let's recall the classic colla...
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