Fireproof?

(AP Photo. Manny Acta would find it amusing if he gets canned in NYC sometime over the next three days, considering he'll be hired again in NYC sometime in the Fall.)

"I'm still the manager."
(Manny Acta, via Nationals dot com, 6/16/2009)

Somehow, Manny Survived Monday.

Washington Times speculates that he's safe through Thursday...and beyond?

Monday came and went, and apparently Manny Acta is still employed by the Nationals. What happened, Stan?

Chico Harlan/Nationals Journal got the quote from an anonymous Nationals employee that sums up the situation perfectly:

Said one employee: "It's just disrespectful to leave him twisting in the wind."

Agree. But given the track record, should anyone be surprised? 

Meanwhile, SI dot com's Jon Heyman, who yesterday reported that Bobby Valentine is in the mix for consideration as a long-term replacement for Acta after Riggleman serves his time, offered up the following thought via Twitter last night:

heard bosses dont think acta fights enough. well, he'll have fight vs. $200-mil yanks. he may need sweep. and even then ... (Jon Heyman, via Twitter, 6/15/2009)

At least the "bosses" have something in common with most Nationals fans. So, a little fire in the Bronx these next few days could save Manny's job?

Meanwhile...

Yankees are licking their chops in the Bronx.

Yesterday, Bugs&Cranks offered an exclusive peek at Manny Acta's Tweets. But we thought THIS was Manny Acta's Twitter page?

Horacio Ramirez arrives just in time to save Manny's job.

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Comments

[ckstevenson]

I understand that other fans are upset that Manny never argued calls, and then the few times he's come out he's not been visibly irate or thrown things etc. I think there may even be one fantastic Nats blog that shares those feelings.

But no one should be surprised by this. Manny's commented publicaly NUMEROUS times now that he won't yell, it's not his style any more. He says he did it in the minors, and even previously had a really bad temper, but found that yelling at umps doesn't work.

So if the "bosses" don't like that he doesn't yell, well they are triply idiots because they should have known this.

[Harper Gordek]

How did this title go up and not a single reference to Kirk Cameron make it into your post?

[The Nationals Enquirer]

@ckstevenson: you've clearly invested some money in real estate in Manny Acta Apologistville. Is it true what they say about the weather there: always sunny and clear blue skies?

[The Nationals Enquirer]

@harper: because it just gets dicey when you start dropping Kirk Cameron references. Next thing you know I'd be trying to correlate Alan Thicke to Pat Corrales and Tracey Gold to Julian Tavarez; nobody wins in that scenario.

I will say, Fireproof is almost criminally underrated...

[harper]

Did you mean Firestorm? I'm just going to assume you meant Firestorm...

[ckstevenson]

Real estate prices are cheap, buy buy buy.

I'm not apologizing for the guy, I didn't defend him or say to keep him around. What I am saying is that the "bosses" are idiots if they didn't know he's not a yeller. And anyone who wants him to be, will be sorely let down. The guy won't do it.