Today's lineup, and things that might affect future lineups

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Hey, Mr. Lerner!
Published 7/13/2008 by Chris Needham (noreply@blogger.com) at Capitol Punishment
Please sell the team you cheap fuck . (Hey, Stan! I didn't call him a cheap bastard like you said we would!) Go back to your real estate business, douchebag. I hope someone slips on the tiles at Dulles and sues your shitbag cheapass family for a couple of million -- just a tiny fraction of the billions you comfort yourself with each and every night.

Mark Lerner - baseball savant
Published 7/13/2008 by Harper Gordek at Oleanders and Morning Glories
... Ok so it’s pretty clear that at least Mark Lerner doesn’t understand baseball.  Which is perfectly ok for a real estate magnate, but it might just be a little problem for a guy who, you know, owns a baseball team. For instance:  ...

The Week In Quotes: Week of July 7-13 by Alex Carnevale
Published 7/14/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... has won eight games all season and you owe him $150 million. That's the thing. You see a lot of guys for $150 million, but we're going to stick with what we're doing. We're going to take a lot of heat from you and everybody else, but I think you're starting to see it." --Nats owner Mark Lerner (Chico Harlan, Washington Post ) "Hank had been the best man at Ralph's wedding. Hank had been the best man at one of Ralph's weddings." --Mets radio play-by-play broadcaster Howie Rose , correcting himself while telling a story about ...

THE ALL-STAR BREAK BEGAN A DAY EARLY IN WASHINGTON
Published 7/14/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
... Another sign that Manny Acta might need a little rest more than anyone else: Paul Lo Duca batted second yesterday. ...

Lerner Talks Cheap, Adds to Nats Misery
Published 7/15/2008 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... And things could be headed this way well past 2008, because, even though this year’s crop is a good one, Mark Lerner sounds like he wants no part of the top free agents: ...

BLAME TED FOR NO CROW?
Published 8/18/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
... "You have to look at the global thing. This is the budget for signing these guys, and you if sign them for this much, you won't be able to sign somebody else down the ladder." (Mark Lerner, via Nationals Journal, 7/13/2008) Did Tightfisted Ted's 2008 Draft Budget doom 11th Hour Crow negotiations? OR: If Ted Lerner doesn't care about The Plan, should you? We've had a few days to digest the Crow debacle, and one thing that's clear is that there is of ...