Washington’s GM Mike Rizzo told reporters, including Washington Times’ writer Thom Loverro in early October that he felt former Nationals’ manager Davey Johnson was a future Hall of Famer.
Johnson, 73, followed up on a 13-year career as a player with 17 seasons on the bench in the majors, managing the New York Mets (1984-1990), Cincinnati Reds (1993-1995), Baltimore Orioles (1996-1997), Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-2000) and Nationals (2011-2013).
He won the World Series with the Mets in ‘86, and took the Nats to the postseason for the first time in franchise history (2005-present) in 2012, bringing postseason baseball back to the nation’s capital for the first time since 1933.