In an interview with 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies in late September, Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo discussed the recruiting effort that convinced Patrick Corbin to sign on in D.C.
“He really liked that we had to offer here,” Rizzo said. “[Managing Principal Owner] Mark Lerner and I took him out to dinner, he and his wife Jen, and we showed him the city, we showed him what the ballpark was like, what the area around the ballpark was like, what living in D.C. means to the citizens of it .