Washington Nationals step it up in the leadership department

By Mark Tuohey of the Washington Post:

“I suppose that it was an important part of McGraw’s great capacity for leadership that he would take kids out of the coal mines and out of the wheat fields and make them walk and talk and chatter and play ball with the look of eagles.”

In the New York World Telegraph in 1923, sportswriter Heywood Brown wrote these words of famed New York Giants manager John McGraw. And 88 years later, as another baseball season draws to a close, the manager selected mid-season to lead the Washington Nationals shows something of the same leadership capacity.

An All-Star second baseman and well-respected manager, Davey Johnson has done outstanding work this season to mold the Nationals into a true team, whose dramatic third-place finish bodes well for their future as a playoff competitor in the National League.

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