{"id":3677,"date":"2008-10-25T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/10\/nats-announce-coaching-staff.html"},"modified":"2008-10-25T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T11:54:00","slug":"nats-announce-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/10\/nats-announce-coaching-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats announce coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/24\/AR2008102403337.html\"><b>Nats Add Grissom, Listach as Coaches<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>The coaching staff for the Nationals has been announced:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Nationals are rich with speedy, inexperienced outfielders and middle infielders, so they picked two recent major leaguers, ex-outfielder <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Marquis Grissom<\/span> and ex-infielder <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Pat Listach<\/span>, who are familiar with the exact skills those players must hone. The Nationals needed a stable guide alongside 39-year-old manager <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Manny Acta<\/span>, so they tapped <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Riggleman<\/span>, a former big league skipper, as bench coach. The Nationals have a roster of recent minor leaguers, so they promoted <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Rick Eckstein<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Randy Knorr<\/span>, whose previous minor league jobs in the organization fostered relationships with many of those players.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems like they made some solid hires, though Riggleman is still in the running as manager of Seattle. The most promising aspect of this process is that Manny Acta says he was involved with the decision making. To me, that is crticial, a manager should be able to be involved in that decision making.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s bench coach <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Pat Corrales<\/span> has been hired as a consultant.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/25\/nationals-fill-out-their-staff\/\"><b>Nationals fill out their staff<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/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. 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