MANNY ACTA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Chris Perez wants to be back, blames Acta
Chris Perez said he was going to talk toward the end of the season. I guess it is now close enough for the closer who hasn’t been short of things to say all year long. Today, via Chris Assenheimer’s twitter feed we find out that Perez wants to be back next year in Cleveland. We also find out that “most of the problems walked out the door last week i.e. Acta.”
I wasn’t totally...
Acta Goes Down, But Antonetti Should Have Gone With Him
Full disclosure right off the bat: I am in the tank for Manny Acta.
Say what you want to say about Acta the manager, but the man himself is a true gem. Anyone who has covered him, seen him speak in public, or was lucky enough to cross paths with him can’t help but like him. He is the definition of the word “personable.”
In the end, personality can only get you so far. The results...
Firing Acta solves little
Holding Manny Acta accountable for what the Cleveland Indians season became would be sort of like saying a leak in the aqueduct led to the fall of the Roman Empire.
The Indians have issues.
Lots of issues.
The manager was not among the most prominent.
Manny Acta actually had his positive attributes. He was patient and honest. And he knows baseball. For three-quarters of one season...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
September 27, 2012
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Indians Fire Manny Acta & Make Sandy Alomar Jr. Interim Manager
The Cleveland Indian have fired Manny Acta and promoted long time fan favorite Sandy Alomar Jr. as the interim manager for the renaming 6 games the Indians have left to play. The Indians who were in contention until the all-star break. The Indians have lost 91 games this season and are tied for last place in the A.L. Central. Manny Acta just returned to Cleveland after winning 2...
Indians fire manager Manny Acta
The Cleveland Indians have fired manager Manny Acta after the team collapsed from contention.
Acta, hired by Cleveland in 2009 after two losing seasons as Washington's manager, couldn't stop the Indians from falling to last place in the AL Central. They were within three games of first place on July 21 before losing 21 of 25 and eventually sliding all the way back to last...
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September 27, 2012
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CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman: Indians Ownership Not Happy with Acta
From Heyman-
“Indians manager Manny Acta received a vote of confidence from Indians ECO Paul Dolan, the son of owner Larry Dolan, a couple weeks ago. Votes of confidence are never ironclad, but the one for Acta feels especially flimsy.
Even a couple weeks ago, just after that vote of confidence, which also covered GM Chris Antonetti and club president Mark Shapiro, a source said...
Has Indians Manager Manny Acta Lost His Team? Should He Be Fired?
The Cleveland Indians are in the middle of another losing streak, this time the team has lost 8 in a row. The Indians just came off a losing streak where they lost 11 games in a row. Manny Acta doesn’t seem to have any answers to why the team is playing so poorly. Is this a case where the players didn’t see the Indians management make any moves to get them some help before the...
Acta to Indians: They’ll Get Rid of Me Before You
It’s never been done in the history of the game where 25 guys get released. They should relax. If one guy is going to go, it’s going to be me, not them. So relax and play the game. They’re trying too hard. [...] It comes down to relaxing. Things can’t get any worse right now, so we might as well play the game right, go hard and have some fun. It’s easier said than done...
Acta confident Indians can stay in race
Manny Acta watched the Cleveland Indians fade from contention in the AL Central race following the All-Star break a year ago.
The Indians' manager is confident that won't happen again this season.
The second-place Indians are 44-41 and trail Chicago by three games in the division. They begin the second half Friday in Toronto.
A year ago Cleveland was 47-42 and also in...
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July 12, 2012
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Acta and Chernoff: Optimizing the Indians Offense
As a small-market team with limited firepower, the Cleveland Indians need to optimize their run-scoring capabilities. Whether they’re doing that is hard to quantify: Cleveland ranks in the middle of the pack among American League teams in most offensive categories. One thing is certain, though—the Indians take an analytical approach to lineup construction and in-game strategy...
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