(Photo by Getty Images. Mark Lerner, left, hanging out with Satan, right, at Nationals Park this summer after the Strasburg signing.)
"Look, when you lose 103 games it would be foolish to get upset about criticism. There is plenty to go around. I don't mind constructive criticism, particularly from informed sources or genuine fans of the game. ...As a fan, and as an owner, no one hates to lose more than I do, but I like to base my opinions and my emotions on fact, not on cocktail party suppositions. That's the difference between a mature fan or pundit, and a childish tantrum."(Mark Lerner, via Nationals dot com, 10/21/2009)
Wah! Wah! Wah! Boo hoo!
(We've always had a soft spot for those cocktail party suppositions.)
Nationals principle owner Mark Lerner talked to Nationals dot com's Bill Ladson about a variety of topics, including: finishing with the worst record two years in a row, progress, Strasburg, Riggleman, Zimmerman, Rizzo, and the unfair c...
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