WASHINGTON -- Dave Martinez isn't content with just joining the club.
"This is half a dream come true," Martinez said Thursday of becoming a major league manager during a news conference to officially welcome him as the Washington Nationals' new skipper.
Becoming a manager fulfilled half his dream. Winning a World Series would complete it.
"We're not here just to win a playoff game. We're here to win the World Series," said Martinez on Thursday, echoing the underlying sentiment that led the Nationals to part ways with Dusty Baker.
Martinez called the Nats "one of the better teams in the National League" and even went so far as to suggest that he'll take them all the way in his rookie season as manager.