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| 11th September, 2008 - 5:08 pm | Washington Post - Nationals' General Manager Jim Bowden showed his support for Manager Manny Acta and admitted that the team might have to look elsewhere for a first baseman, according to Washington Post.
"I'm a big supporter of Manny," Bowden said. "I think Manny has done an excellent job with this team. He stayed positive through the most difficult times. It's hard to do. Like all of us that are young in the game, he continues to develop."
Acta is under contract for the 2009 season.
"He's the manager," Bowden added. "Stan [Kasten] is the president, I'm the GM, he's the manager -- and that's what it is until they announce something different for any of us."
He also says that the Nationals shouldn't go into the 2009 season with just Nick Johnson and Dmitri Young at first base.
"You hope that players come back from injury, and certainly we believe based on all the medical and doctors' reports on both players that there is good reason to be optimistic that both of them will be ready to be healthy next year," Bowden said. "But certainly you can never count on any one player ever being back. We always look at opportunities to get better." [READ] |
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