Washington Nationals proprietor Ted Lerner is lifeless at 97.
The staff’s Twitter feed introduced his loss of life “with great sadness” Monday.
“The crowning achievement of his family business was bringing baseball back to the city he loved — and with it bringing a championship home for the first time since 1924,” the Nationals wrote.
The Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in an exciting 2019 World Series.
Lerner was born in Washington D.C. on the day the Washington Senators misplaced the 1925 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates. A 12 months earlier, the Senators defeated the New York Giants to turn out to be the champions {of professional} baseball. Both groups later relocated.
He made a fortune in actual property earlier than paying $450 million for the Nationals in 2006, which is a 12 months after the staff, previously the Montreal Expos, moved to the nation’s capital. Forbes places the Nationals’ value at $2 billion, making it baseball’s twelfth Most worthy franchise. The Houston Astros ranks thirteenth.
Lerner Enterprises constructed almost 30,000 properties within the Washington D.C. space, based on the Washington Post. Lerner supervised the development of the 41,300-capacity Nationals Park, which opened in 2008. His firm counts Chelsea Piers amongst its partnerships.
The billionaire businessman died from pneumonia in his Chevy Chase, Md., residence, the Post reported.
Brooklyn native Ted Leonsis, whose Monumental Sports & Entertainment firm owns the Washington Capitals hockey staff and Washington Wizards basketball squad, honored his fellow-franchise builder Monday.
“The Lerner name is impeccable everywhere,” Leonsis stated in a tweet. “Will never be another like Mr. Ted Lerner.”
The Nationals and Mets meet Feb. 26 in Port St. Lucie, Fla., for the second day of Spring Training.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com