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One Reason Nats fans are excited about the future is the Pitching of Jordan Zimmermann (Courtesy of Fedeal Baseball)

BY: MATTHEW FALKENBURY
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Hello again and welcome to another installment of “Interview with a Blogger” where we aim to get a look at the teams coming up on Mets schedule, from the people who know them best, Their Fans.

In advance of tonight’s first game of three against the team trying to break our 1962 record setting season of 120 losses, the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, I did an Interview with Ed Chigliak of Federal Baseball.

Matthew Falkenbury: 1. What has been the reaction of Nationals Fans about the firing of Manny Acta and what can Jim Riggleman do in the 2nd half to improve the ballclub?

Ed Chigliak: From what I heard/read it was split 50/50 between people who thought that Manny Acta had been given more than enough time to get something going and those who thought that he never had a chance with the rosters he was given. Personally, I thought firing Manny Acta was a big mistake that’s going to set the franchise back significantly. Acta was hired because of his patience and ability to teach and develop young talent, and just as the first wave of prospects the team had drafted and acquired was showing up in the majors in a significant way they cut Acta loose. I think Jim Riggleman’s going to find himself in a lose-lose situation as well, as he almost certainly will preside over a 100-loss team, and one that could possibly erase the 1962 Mets from the record books. How do you bring him back after that?

MF: 2. How much pressure is the franchise feeling to make sure that Stephen Strasburg is signed and is pitching for the Nats in the near future?

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