Found November 10, 2009 on William F Yurasko's Blog:
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Nats' search for manager could lead to Riggleman - The PostRiggleman: Nats to decide soon - nationals.comInterim manager Jim Riggleman likes his chances to be hired full time as Washington Nationals manager. The only other interviews the Nats have conducted have been with Bobby Valentine and Bob Melvin. Valentine would cost a lot of money, but potentially would have insight into Japanese players since he spent so much time managing over their. Melvin managed the Diamondbacks to the playoffs a while back. Stan Kasten said he is using this period to get insights and opinions on the team. I can't fault that strategy, especially since they were not supposed to make any announcement during the World Series. However, the Series has been over for half a week, why keep us hanging? Oh, so you can scold people at the press conference for creating an artificial timeline, that's why Stan.Riggleman expects an announcement after the general manager meetings. I don't have a problem...
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