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Report: Longtime Nationals executive will resign rather than take COVID-19 vaccine

A scouting executive's 15-year tenure with the Washington Nationals is ending because of his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Nationals instituted a vaccine mandate for all non-player employees earlier this month, and the due date has apparently arrived. That has resulted in the impending departure of longtime executive Bob Boone, the father of New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, as well as two scouts, according to The Washington Post's Jesse Dougherty.

Under the Nationals' policy, all unvaccinated employees have reportedly been placed on administrative leave and will have their contracts terminated on Sept.