Davey Martinez was in the opposing team’s dugout in Nationals Park last October when his former team, the Chicago Cubs, eliminated Washington’s Nationals with a win in Game 5 of the NLDS battle between the NL powerhouses.
Now that he’s the Nationals’ skipper, after ten seasons as a bench coach in Tampa Bay and Chicago, Martinez has been asked repeatedly since being hired as the seventh full-time manager in the nation’s capital, about getting Washington over the so-called hump and into the NLCS (at least) and hopefully the World Series.
In a press conference with reporters before this past week’s final exhibition game of the Spring, Martinez was asked about the vibe in Spring Training, and what he learned about his new team in the time they spent together in West Palm Beach, FL.