Washington Times · Jun 14, 2018
Ted Lerner steps down as Nationals' managing principal owner
Nationals owners Ted and Mark Lerner take in the atmosphere after Washington clinched the National League East Division title at Nationals Park on Monday night. Ted Lerner became the managing principal owner of the franchise in May 2006. (Andrew Harnik/The ...Ted Lerner has stepped down as the managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals, and his son, Mark D. Lerner, has been named to the role in his place.
The Nationals announced Thursday that the younger Lerner was approved at Major League Baseball’s quarterly owners’ meeting to take the reins as the organization’s official “control person.”