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Monday, February 13, 2023
Ted Lerner, the billionaire real estate developer whose family bought the Washington Nationals in 2006, has died, the team announced Monday. He was 97.
A Nationals spokesperson said Lerner died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Lerner’s group purchased the Nationals from Major League Baseball in 2006 for $450 million after the team was moved to the U.S. capital from Montreal. He was managing principal owner until ceding that role to son Mark in 2018.
Under the Lerners’ ownership, the Nationals went from one of baseball’s worst teams in their first several seasons in Washington to World Series champions in 2019. The Lerners also are credited with revitalizing the city’s Navy Yard area since Nationals Park opened in 2008.
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1. ERROR---Jolly Old St. NickWith the Nationals in the National League, it was fairly easy to develop a secondary allegiance for the local team, so I wish them well. The team is for sale, and there is no guarantee that the next owners will do as well as the Lerners. MLB (and Washington!) have had worse.
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