Mike Rizzo, a former Nationals executive, offered to buy fans' drinks before this year's Home Run Derby, adding he had "no ...

The Nationals could go with an experienced GM to replace him, or they could go with a first-time GM like Rizzo was. That would put his interim replacement, Mike DeBartolo, into play.

The Nationals clung to the past—and paid the price. How blind loyalty wrecked a once-great team and finally cost Rizzo and ...