WASHINGTON – General manager Mike Rizzo drove his fancy sports car through the employee parking lot, past the security guard, then look a left-hand turn on Potomac Avenue in Southeast as he waved to fans across the street.
“Thank you! We love you,” one woman, wearing a red Nationals t-shirt, shouted as Rizzo and other players drove in the dark to begin an off-season of uncertainty.
On the other side of Potomac Avenue on Sunday night – in front of the Dock 79 high-rise apartment – was Beth Fitzpatrick, 66, a long-time Nationals fan from Falls Church, Va.