Manny Acta has been fired as manager of the Washington Nationals, he told ESPNdeportes.com's Enrique Rojas on Sunday.

 

The Nationals were blanked by the Houston Astros on Sunday 5-0 to go into the All-Star break with the worst record in the league at 26-61.

 

"I thank the Nationals for giving me this opportunity and I'm sorry that things didn't work out as expected. It's normal for the manager to pay the price when the team is not doing well," Acta said.

 

Although not confirmed, Jim Riggleman is the leading candidate to take over as manager for the remainder of the season.

 

In three seasons at the Washington helm, Acta posted a 158-252 record. His best season came in his first when the Nats finished 73-89, but they slid to 59-102 last year. Washington was on pace to win only 48 games this season.

 

Before getting the Nationals job, Acta was the third base coach for the New York Mets.

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So this begs the question...why wait so long??

So this begs the question...why wait so long??

 

Because its not really his fault, they have put 0 talent out there to play.

So this begs the question...why wait so long??

 

Because its not really his fault, they have put 0 talent out there to play.

Yes, but when your team sucks that bad, you have to at least give something to your fans. He had been there awhile anyway, and wasn't even the first manager fired this year. Even though Colorado (who replaced Clint Hurdle with Jim Tracy) wasn't doing THAT bad when they axed their skipper.

Bout damn time.

 

Yes, his team sucked, but he was a terrible manager. Every time we played them I was shocked by the moves he made.

I'm sure he'll get another shot sometime soon with a different team.

Damnit. This'll probably cost us 1 or 2 games this year

The mood in DC for the most part today is relief but not because the fans were tired of Acta. It is more like most people around here realize that even IF(and thats a big IF) he cost his team 10-15 wins due to inneffective managing decisions. this team would still be 12-15 games out of it. Say what you want about the guy, he did a decent job for a first time manager and the way the team has treated this situation is deplorable. Good Luck Manny and DC will miss you