Early Acta Quotes

Quickly....

Stan Kasten: "I could not be happier and I could not be more proud."

Jim Bowden: "The manager of the Washington Nationals, Manny Acta. Time to activate, baby."

Manny Acta: "God bless America. Only here....We're gonna stick with it, and we're going to make Washington one of the most important baseball towns in the world, just like it deserves to be....We're going to bring a winner here sooner than later, we promise you that....I think it's time that we take this franchise to the next level, and we're going to do it the right way."

Zim is also here. As is Manny's wife. And one of the official backdrops just fell over.

Acta said the first phone call of congratulation came from Soriano, and that he'd like Washington to be his home for the next 10 or 20 years, "probably until I move up to take Stan Kasten's place."