Mucho dinero buys buenos players.
don juan, it's just my knowledge and history of washington dc/baltimore area sports. i live here and management always seem to mess up a good thing never wanting to spend money to bring good players to this area. a typical example is the baltimore orioles. and remember washington had a team called the senators that never did much so the team moved out. check their history..
again, i'm have no problems with Acta, his coaching but if history is an example i feel for Acta. let's keep our fingers cross that management will do good things and bring some dominican/latino players up to washington.
There were Two teams that left Washington for lack of support. one became the Minnesota twins and the other, the Texas rangers. Both were/are American league teams. The Nationals are in the National league. Big difference!
Last year, the Nats drew in an average of nearly 30.000 per game, and the year before, around 32k per game. That's more than 12 other teams. If that's not fan support, I don't know what is. And were talking about an old and obsolete stadium in a crummy neighborhood. Just wait 'till the new one gets built with all the amenities and facilities incorporated, as is typical of a new stadium.
The reason baseball chose DC was because there was no better place. And the new owners (the Lerners), because of their deep pockets and commitment to their home town.
They're huge baseball fans and have been trying to acquire a team and move them here since the early 80's.....It's doubtful that after spending 600 million dollars for the Nats, and having DC build them a 500 million stadium, they are going to sit idle and let our Nats languish in mediocrity.
Granted that they're now in a rebuilding mode and it'll be two or three years down before they can start winning division championships, but the core of their line up is beginning to take shape.
Manny Acta was chosen, not just because his extensive experience, but also because of his youth. The aim of the top guys is to build up with young guys for long term results as the Nat's Stan Kasten did when he ran the Atlanta braves.
These people know what they're doing and will succeed to the detriment of your team, Mr./Ms kyle.