Randy Knorr to manage in Harrisburg.

[DPMOmaha]

After having conversations with Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo and interim manager Jim Riggleman, Randy Knorr has decided to become the manager of Double-A Harrisburg, replacing John Stearns.

Knorr spent last season as the team's bullpen coach, but Rizzo and Riggleman told him his future was as a manager.

Knorr said if he had to do it all over again, he would have been more vocal when it came to the pitching staff and have tried his best to convince Josh Bard and Wil Nieves that catching was more important than hitting.

"I love managing," Knorr said. "It's a new job. I want to be on the bench."

Knorr has a history of success in the Minor Leagues. In 2008, he guided Class A Potomac to a 79-61 record en route to the Carolina League championship.

The Nationals have not announced who will replace Knorr as the bullpen coach.

In other news, Rick Schu will replace Ralph Dickenson as the Nationals' hitting coordinator. Best known as an infielder with the Phillies, Schu was a hitting coach with the D-backs for almost two seasons.

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[CALSGR8]

   OOPS, I put this in the 2010 Manager thread!

[PANatsFan]

I like Randy Knorr, and bullpen coach as far as I can tell is a glorified babysitter, so this is great news.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Next step, Nats manager!  I'm keeping my username for now.

[tomterp]

Randy did a GREAT job at Potomac.  Congrats to him!

[PatsNats28]

Next step, Nats manager!  I'm keeping my username for now.

Question - did your old username come from the activation energy required in order to undergo certain chemical reactions? Because we were learning about this in chem today and I was thinking of your username.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Question - did your old username come from the activation energy required in order to undergo certain chemical reactions? Because we were learning about this in chem today and I was thinking of your username.

Haha, yep.  Nerdiest username ever.

[The Chief]

If Riggleman is named Nats manager, will you change your name or stick with Knorr?

Does anyone else wonder if they might be grooming Knorr for the position in the bigs and that might be a reason to keep Riggleman "for now" instead of bringing in a big name from the outside?

Pretty sure my english there was terrible, by the way.

[CALSGR8]

Question - did your old username come from the activation energy required in order to undergo certain chemical reactions? Because we were learning about this in chem today and I was thinking of your username.

Maybe Chemical X!



PANATS09 - Gotcha again!!!

[PatsNats28]

i was thinking more like magnesium oxide, but that works too.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

I'll probably stick with this one, Chief.  Knorr is still an organization guy.  I'm not a big Riggleman fan either.

If they hire Foli, I might go with Foli Cow! (can we use exclamation points?), but we'll see.

[UMDNats]

a couple weeks ago SF pwned knorr when knorr was dissing acta

sf was like "are you sure about that, ACTAvationenergy?"

[KnorrForYourMoney]

a couple weeks ago SF pwned knorr when knorr was dissing acta

sf was like "are you sure about that, ACTAvationenergy?"

You're bringing that up...AGAIN?

[UMDNats]

You're bringing that up...AGAIN?

it was SF's greatest diss ever, it just has me rolling, lmao

[houston-nat]

I'll probably stick with this one, Chief.  Knorr is still an organization guy.  I'm not a big Riggleman fan either.

If they hire Foli, I might go with Foli Cow! (can we use exclamation points?), but we'll see.

What about Melvin? You could be Melvin the Martian...

[PANatsFan]

I humbly submit: "Wedgie or Melvin?" "Melvin Nerdley" "0 Degrees Melvin" "Melvin and the Natmunks"

[houston-nat]

"Melvin and the Natmunks"

WIN

[KnorrForYourMoney]

I might just use that and keep it as "Chipmunks."  "Natmunks" is crappy.