{"id":4703,"date":"2009-11-13T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/11\/jim-riggleman-introduced-as-nats-manager.html"},"modified":"2009-11-13T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T10:28:00","slug":"jim-riggleman-introduced-as-nats-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/11\/jim-riggleman-introduced-as-nats-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Riggleman introduced as Nats manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" width=\"480px\" height=\"270px\" src=\"http:\/\/specials.washingtonpost.com\/mv\/embed\/?title=Jim%20Riggleman%20to%20manage%20Nationals&#038;stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F11%2F12%2FPH2009111209894.jpg&#038;flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2009%2F11122009-11v&#038;width=480&#038;height=270&#038;autoStart=false&#038;clickThru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fvideo%2F2009%2F11%2F12%2FVI2009111209887.html\"><\/iframe><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/12\/AR2009111210581.html\"><b>Riggleman officially takes Nationals&#8217; reins<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/nov\/13\/riggleman-keeps-dream-job-with-nationals\/\"><b>Riggleman keeps &#8216;dream&#8217; job with Nationals<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20091111&#038;content_id=7655304&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><b>Riggleman hired as Nationals manager<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>nationals.com<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20091112&#038;content_id=7657496&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was&#038;partnerId=rss_was\"><b>Valentine moving on after Nats&#8217; decision<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>nationals.com<\/i><br \/>The Washington Nationals held a press conference yesterday to announce that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Riggleman<\/span> had his interim tag removed from his title. It is believed he signed a 2-year deal with an option for a third. No details about the coaching staff were provided during the presser.<\/p>\n<p>Riggleman, a Rockville, Md. native, considers the Nats and D.C.&#8217;s team during his childhood, the Washington Senators to be the same. He says this a dream come true. Let&#8217;s hope the Nats are not as bad as the Senators for much longer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bobby Valentine<\/span>, the former New York Mets and Texas Rangers manager, was also interviewed at length by GM <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mike Rizzo<\/span>. Valentine and Rizzo both spoke highly of each other, but former never got a call from the latter (bad move Rizzo) to announce that Riggleman got the job. Valentine believes Riggleman was the choice all along and rationalized that the rebuilding would be tough.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">THOMAS BOSWELL &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/\"><b>The right man for the plan<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Bos, ever the fanboy is happy with Riggleman getting the job. He frames the hiring as part of The Plan and makes numerous references to the Capitals rebuilding &#8212; Principal Nats owner <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mark Lerner<\/span> is a minority owner in the Caps. What Bos doesn&#8217;t say is &#8220;Riggleman might be the next <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Glen Hanlon<\/span>,&#8221; the caretaker who coaches the team for a while and then gets replaced when the team is ready to make its move.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/nov\/13\/thom-loverro-rizzos-choice-feels-right-now-but-lat\/\"><b>Loverro: Rizzo&#8217;s choice feels right now &#8211; but later?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>On the other hand, Loverro is critical of the hiring and thinks the team is saying &#8220;We&#8217;re hiring a baseball lifer with a losing record because we really aren&#8217;t going anywhere the next couple of years. So why spend the money to hire a manager with a better record?&#8221; Hard to argue with that statement, though Loverro does call Riggleman &#8220;a decent man who won&#8217;t embarrass the organization, a baseball man who can be trusted not to mess up the development of young players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Loverro also points out that Rizzo has Riggleman&#8217;s back, unlike the previous general manager <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Manny Acta<\/span>.<\/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>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/JimRiggleman\" rel=\"tag\">Jim Riggleman<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riggleman officially takes Nationals&#8217; reins &#8211; The PostRiggleman keeps &#8216;dream&#8217; job with Nationals &#8211; The Wash. TimesRiggleman hired as Nationals manager &#8211; nationals.comValentine moving on after Nats&#8217; decision &#8211; nationals.comThe Washington Nationals held a press conference yesterday to announce that Jim Riggleman had his interim tag removed from his title. 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