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WASHINGTON -- So much for the plan to have Manny Acta's patient optimism lead the Washington Nationals out of the doldrums. The abysmal won-loss record became too much to stomach, costing him his job at the All-Star break and adding another layer of instability to the worst team in baseball.

Acta was fired after the team reached the unofficial halfway mark of the season with a majors-worst 26-61 record, on pace to clear the 100-loss mark for the second consecutive year. Acting general manager Mike Rizzo -- himself an interim placeholder -- announced Acta's dismissal Monday morning.

"We feel that the team has underachieved," Rizzo said. "We feel we have a better ballclub than we've shown on the field. ... We feel with a different voice and possibly a different feel in the clubhouse that we can have a more successful second half of the season."

CentralQB5 wrote:Hahaha it makes me laugh to see how pathetic the Nats organization really is, it seems like every year they are fireing there manager

HCYanks wrote:Acta made a couple headscratchers during his tenure, but was still probably the most progressive/forward thinking manager in the league in terms of game management. It's a shame that he loses out because he never had any real shot of making noise while a guy like Joe Torre continually looks better than he really is because of all the nice rosters he's had to play with.

CentralQB5 wrote:Hahaha it makes me laugh to see how pathetic the Nats organization really is, it seems like every year they are fireing there manager