Found October 15, 2009 on Nationals Enquirer: Yardbarker Blogger Network
  (AP Photo. MIke Rizzo has been keeping busy hiring and firing.) "This was a tough decision to leave because of people like Craig Shipley (Boston's vice president of international operations) and [GM] Theo Epstein. But I'm getting older and I thought I should have tried this, to develop something from ground zero. ...I met with [ownership] and they're committed. They want to go forward and they thought I was the right guy." (Johnny DiPuglia, via SI dot com, 10/14/2009) Ted Lerner finally over Smileygate, ready to spend some money on International Operations again? Sports Illustrated's Melissa Segura reported yesterday that Mike Rizzo has hired Red Sox Latin American Coordinator Johnny DiPuglia to be Nationals director of international operations. And Kris Kline has replaced Dana Brown as Scouting Director. We're having trouble keeping up with all the reshuffling going on. Meanwhile... ...
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