Jim Riggleman's Managerial Suicide Partially Due To Nationals

That crackling sound you hear across Major League Baseball is the sound of Jim Riggleman’s bridges being burned. The Washington Nationals manager, fed up that he hadn’t been able to discuss the option year of his contract, ostensibly, committed career suicide yesterday by issuing an ultimatum to GM Mike Rizzo: either talk to me about the contract extension now, or I’m resigning. Don’t expect me on the flight after the game to Chicago where the Nats play the White Sox in interleague beginning today.

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