(Photo of TV by Nationals Enquirer Staff. Stan Kasten, Mark Lerner, and Mike Rizzo seen celarly enjoying each other's company at Sunday's season finale against the Braves.)
"No, I don't see a mass blowing up of the ballclub. I think we have a lot of good, core pieces in place." (Mike Rizzo, via Washington Times, 10/6/2009)
"You've got to figure out which parts are real keepers. You can't finish 35, 40 games out and keep everybody." (Jim Riggleman, via Washington Post, 10/6/2009)
"It was terrible. It was horrible. You lose 100 freaking games, you obviously didn't do very good...That's the number one thing you take out of this season: We're really not that far off. If we were, I would tell you. I'm not going to blow smoke. I really know we're a couple of pieces away from being really good."(Adam Dunn, via Washington Times, 10/6/2009)
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