“Make Me Commissioner” at Politics and Prose – Conn Ave.

This event is free with first come, first serve seating.

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Leavy will be in conversation with Mike Rizzo, the former President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Washington Nationals, having the past 17years leading the team. In a city without professional baseball for 33 years, Rizzo was charged with transforming a bare bones organization ranked at the bottom of the standings. Throughout his career with the Nationals, he built teams which won four division titles and, in 2019, a World Series championship. In doing so, he became only the sixth active GM to reach 1000 wins all with the same team. Rizzo is widely recognized for his astute scouting, shrewd trades and draft pick as well as for revamping the Nationals player development system. In 2019, after 11 seasons at the helm of the Washington Nationals, the teams won the World Series, defeating the Houston Astros in seven games. The come from behind victory gave Washington, D.C. its first World Series championship since 1924.