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Did Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo’s phone blow up when the Nats won the National League Pennant, guaranteeing a spot in the World Series for a D.C.-based team for the first time since 1933?

“A lot of text messages, hundreds and hundreds of text messages and emails,” Rizzo said.

“I returned every one of them and it was a blessing and a pleasure to do so.”

And Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez’s phone?

“I’ve had about 600 text messages,” Martinez said on Friday.

“Some I don’t even know how they got my numbers.