Manny Acta
Manny Acta
Manuel Elias Actais a former professional baseball manager who is currently the third base coach for the Seattle Mariners, and formerly a broadcast analyst for ESPN and ESPN Deportes. He has served as manager for the Washington Nationals and the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. In the Dominican Winter League, he managed the Tigres del Licey from 2003–2005, including leading them to victory at the 2004 Caribbean Series. Acta managed the Dominican Republic team at the 2006 World Baseball...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 January 1969
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The Expos have always been a perfect fit for him. In Montreal he can walk down a street or take a subway and no one will bother him, and he likes that. But who knows about next year? Everyone is too focused on what's going on with the rest of this season to think about what's going to happen after it.
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We have so many stars that the toughest part is getting our roster down to 30 players.
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We're going to play to win, but as managers we also have the responsibility to have these guys ready for the regular season.
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There is a window in that we'll have big 27 show up for the next round. It's not etched in stone yet, but it's almost money in the bank and we're pretty excited about it.
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There are no favorites in baseball. You can do it in basketball or hockey or any other sport, but in baseball there are no favorites. Our country expects a winning team and we are OK with that. We are going to go round-by-round, but we don't want to let our country down.
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We had a window up until yesterday and it's just been shut. We support his decision, stand behind him - family comes first. And we're going to have to move on with what we have.
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We're anxious to face Cuba. We've never played them before in this type of competition.
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We have a responsibility to get these guys ready for the regular season. We are doing pretty much what they do in Spring Training like fundamentals and extra work. We owe it to them and to the organizations that allowed these guys to play.