Jim Riggleman's message to Nationals fans
In the wake of last night's small crowd - and before what promises to be
another sparse showing tonight - Manager Jim Riggleman sent a message to
fans. Asked about the importance of playing well in the final homestand of
the year, Riggleman took a broad approach. He thanked Nationals fans while
expressing an undeniable fact: Without a winning team, they will stop coming
to games.
"I think that sooner or later, we're going to be past the honeymoon period
here," Riggleman said. "These fans have been tremendous. We've got to start
winning some ballgames. You can't ask people to keep coming out. Our support
has been amazing. When we come off the field after practice before the game,
the comments that we get from fans, it's very supportive. It's appreciated
greatly, believe me, because there's a lot of cities where we'd be coming off
the field to different language. These people have been great. It's
appreciated. But it's also understood it's not going to last forever.
"People are just going to say, 'You know what, we're tired of hearing Jim
talk about light at the end of the tunnel. And we're tired of hearing about
players that we have coming.' We're going to have to win ballgames. That
starts with me and my staff. We're going to have to get it done."
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