{"id":3525,"date":"2008-08-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/08\/good-heller-column-on-the-lost-season.html"},"modified":"2008-08-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T16:00:00","slug":"good-heller-column-on-the-lost-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/08\/good-heller-column-on-the-lost-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Heller column on the lost season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/aug\/21\/nats-casualties-of-woe-could-be-acta-bowden\/\"><b>Dick Heller: Nats&#8217; casualties of woe could be Acta, Bowden<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Heller has a strong column that looks at this failed season. He thinks that both GM <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span> and manager <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Manny Acta<\/span> might have to go with Bowden being the most likely out. Obviously, I&#8217;m on board with the former, but I think Acta should stay. I also think Acta should get to hire his own coaches. Hopefully that means <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Lenny Harris<\/span> it out of here, something Heller surprisingly ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/aug\/21\/red-sox-to-visit-district-in-2009\/\"><b>Red Sox and Blue Jays will play here next year<\/b><\/a>, while the Nats will travel to the new Yankee Stadium (I&#8217;m neutral) and Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dick Heller: Nats&#8217; casualties of woe could be Acta, Bowden &#8211; The Wash. TimesHeller has a strong column that looks at this failed season. 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