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Nationals’ Ted Lerner, man who brought baseball back to DC, dies at 97

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Dave Preston | dpreston@wtop.com

February 13, 2023, 11:49 AM

The man who brought baseball back to the nation’s capital has died at the age of 97.

Ted Lerner, the former principal owner of the Washington Nationals, died Sunday, according to a news release from the team.

Lerner, a real estate mogul in the D.C. area, purchased the Montreal Expos from Major League Baseball for $450 million, bringing baseball back to D.C. in 2005 after a three-decade absence.

After early struggles on the field, the Nats made the playoffs five times between 2012 and 2019 — and eventually won the World Series in 2019.

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WTOP’s George Wallace contributed to this report.

Dave Preston
Dave has been in the D.C. area for 10 years and in addition to working at WTOP since 2002 has also been on the air at Westwood One/CBS Radio as well as Red Zebra Broadcasting (Redskins Network).

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