Nats hire father of GM Rizzo to be senior adviser
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals' latest front-office addition might be tempted to order his new boss around.
That's because senior adviser to the general manager Phil Rizzo is the father of Washington GM Mike Rizzo.
A baseball scout for more than four decades and now nine major league franchises, the elder Rizzo joined the Nationals on Thursday, a little more than three months after his son was promoted to general manager.
The pair also worked together with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 1999-2005.
Last year, Phil Rizzo was one of eight members of the inaugural class of inductees at the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame.
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