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The Athletic @theathletic.com

BREAKING: The Washington Nationals announced they have fired GM Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez.

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jul 6, 2025, 10:41 pm • 239 41

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The Sphere of Influence @sphereofinfluence.bsky.social

The Nats haven’t won the World Series since 2019. This is disgraceful. Love, Mariners fan (hostage)

jul 7, 2025, 4:30 am • 0 0 • view
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Dave Del Greco @davedelgreco.bsky.social

Rizzo for Mets GM under Stearns

jul 6, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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tdyer89 @tdyer89.bsky.social

they need to fire themselves - some of the worst ownership in baseball! #hackcityusa

jul 6, 2025, 11:17 pm • 4 0 • view
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tvdictatortildeath.bsky.social @tvdictatortildeath.bsky.social

I guess they couldn't hit or pitch

jul 7, 2025, 1:05 am • 0 0 • view
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kelliedarian.bsky.social @kelliedarian.bsky.social

Wow, big move by the Nationals. Firing both GM Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez shows they’re ready for a full reset. Let’s see what direction they take next.

jul 7, 2025, 1:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nate Bacon @luckybacon.bsky.social

Dumb move. Fans don’t like to be lied to and the team payroll says the fault lies elsewhere.

jul 6, 2025, 11:20 pm • 6 0 • view
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gnarlygale.bsky.social @gnarlygale.bsky.social

teams do this when they don’t want to spend money on players but want it to look like they’re doing something constructive to win, and it never results in a miraculous turnaround for the team, they’ll hire some other guys and get exactly the same results

jul 6, 2025, 10:48 pm • 11 0 • view
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@DrKen10 @ken10phd.bsky.social

Baseball business and winning…

jul 7, 2025, 12:24 am • 2 0 • view
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Chris Kelaher @ckelaher55.bsky.social

On behalf of all Washington baseball fans: thank you, gentlemen, for 2019. That was one fun ride

jul 7, 2025, 2:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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vicvinegar2024.bsky.social @vicvinegar2024.bsky.social

What ,not satisfied by continuous 100 loss seasons?

jul 7, 2025, 12:05 am • 0 0 • view
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colinhannah.bsky.social @colinhannah.bsky.social

Only took 2 years too long!

jul 6, 2025, 10:42 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lord of Sportsball @drsportsball.bsky.social

They shoulda been gone after 2022.

jul 6, 2025, 11:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Birdynumnum @birdynumnum.bsky.social

The Lerners? Agree!

jul 7, 2025, 2:07 am • 4 0 • view
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Lord of Sportsball @drsportsball.bsky.social

Going from Ted Lerner to Mark Lerner is like going from Jack Kent Cooke to Dan Snyder.

jul 7, 2025, 2:08 am • 3 0 • view
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Mark Rothbardt @markrothbardt.bsky.social

Did someone actually expect them to compete with the Phillies & Mets?

jul 6, 2025, 11:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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CMJHawk86 @cmjhawk86.bsky.social

Phillies fan who lives in DC area. I actually expected them to be better this year

jul 6, 2025, 11:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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CMJHawk86 @cmjhawk86.bsky.social

When I say “better” I don’t mean better than the Phillies, Mets or Braves but a dark horse to steal a playoff spot if one of them slipped up. Which the Braves have been doing but the Nats can’t even stay above the lowly tanking Marlins.

jul 6, 2025, 11:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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EricTLund - Sports Junkie @erictlund.bsky.social

Until the Lerners start spending money on players again, which they haven’t done in years, then this is all for show. Count as one who is very skeptical about this.

jul 6, 2025, 10:56 pm • 17 0 • view
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colinhannah.bsky.social @colinhannah.bsky.social

Never forget what he tried to do to strausberg - put his body over the edge for the franchise & they tried to make him give back his contract…

jul 6, 2025, 10:59 pm • 6 0 • view
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Treasure N. Joens @treasurenjoens.bsky.social

good idea

jul 7, 2025, 1:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Athletic @theathletic.com

Mike DeBartolo has been named interim GM and will oversee all aspects of baseball operations, including the upcoming MLB Draft, in which the Nationals possess the No. 1 pick. Full story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

jul 6, 2025, 11:19 pm • 20 1 • view
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nationalsfan.bsky.social @nationalsfan.bsky.social

Completely unqualified for this and the trade deadline.

jul 7, 2025, 1:47 am • 0 0 • view
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Tim Wiese @wiese2154.bsky.social

Move the team to Albuquerque. New Mexico needs a team.

jul 7, 2025, 1:38 am • 0 0 • view
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John @writeroftruth.bsky.social

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cynharp777.bsky.social @cynharp777.bsky.social

Wow😳…ATL Braves it’s time for Snitker to go…

jul 6, 2025, 10:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Scott M @scottm-sig-vet.bsky.social

I'd like to call dibs on their parking spots

jul 7, 2025, 12:34 am • 0 0 • view
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James T. Riley @jtwryly1.bsky.social

Ya gotta blame somebody.

jul 7, 2025, 2:10 am • 1 0 • view
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Anne Kuhlman Moore @annemooreorless.bsky.social

Interesting timing, one week before the draft.

jul 6, 2025, 11:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kevin G @kgriffith.bsky.social

Guessing ownership told Rizzo to fire Davey and he refused so they fired him too.

jul 7, 2025, 12:08 am • 3 0 • view
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Kim Ash @kash19958.bsky.social

Mark Lerner should fire himself. Rizzo has been handcuffed for years because ownership will not open their wallets. It was Davey’s time to go, but Rizzo got hosed.

jul 7, 2025, 2:18 am • 2 0 • view
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redux2.bsky.social @redux2.bsky.social

Keep yourselves entertained

jul 7, 2025, 4:38 am • 0 0 • view
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SiamTwin @cmaxima.bsky.social

Cashman and Boone next, please.

jul 6, 2025, 11:40 pm • 0 0 • view