{"id":12673,"date":"2011-03-18T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=12673"},"modified":"2011-03-18T08:00:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T12:00:34","slug":"nats-extend-riggleman-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/03\/nats-extend-riggleman-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: Extend Riggleman? Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JASON REID:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/nationals-should-show-jim-riggleman-that-hes-part-of-their-future\/2011\/03\/17\/ABML9wl_story.html\">Nationals should show Jim Riggleman that he\u2019s part of their future<\/a> &#8211; <em>The Post<\/em><br \/>\nReid, the newest Post columnist, argues that the Washington Nationals need to exercise the option on <strong>Jim Riggleman<\/strong>&#8216;s contract. He sites his experience covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and the stability that having a contract beyond the end of the season gives a manager. Managers are more willing to make unpopular short-term decisions when they have an expectation they come back. I see his point, but I want to see what the Nats do in the first part of the season. Let&#8217;s see how the Nats are doing at Memorial Day &#8212; if they are playing better fundamental baseball and being competitive, go ahead and extend Riggleman. If they are playing sloppy, don&#8217;t extend him then and continue the evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>I would be thrilled if Riggleman, a Montgomery County, Md. native, succeeded here, but it has to be based on the standings more than sentiment or his affordable contract. Riggleman tends to overmanage &#8212; double switches are not required, Jim.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I think it is kind of funny that Reid cites the Dodgers as an example of managerial security. The Dodgers went over 40 years without offering a manager a multi-year contract. An important plot point in Roger Kahn&#8217;s <em>Boys of Summer<\/em> was that Charlie Dressen lost his job after winning 2 consecutive pennants in Brooklyn because he wanted a multi-year deal. Walt Alston and Tommy Lasorda each had a series of 1-year deals too. It was not until the end of Lasorda&#8217;s career that he got a mult-year deal and I don&#8217;t think he was able to finish it in the mid-1990s. 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