(Bottoms up! Photo by @jskiernan via @EBJunkies)
Hey Jim Riggleman, you just committed career suicide! What are you going to do now?
"I was solving the world's problems last night at Caddies...I had to let those ladies get a look at me...There are some beautiful young ladies in that place!"
(Jim Riggleman, via 106.7 The Fan DC, 6/24/2011)
So that's what he meant by: Smartball? Apparently Jim Riggleman went to Caddies in Bethesda to drown his sorrows Thursday night after quitting on the Nats: Tweets like this to 106.7 The Fan's Eric Bickel were coming in fast and furious overnight:
Update: in an interview with106.7 The Fan'sSports Junkies on Friday morning, Riggleman was asked about his big night at Caddies, claims he stuck to his "2 drink limit"...
Well, there goes any ounce of sympathy i had left for him. Turns out he's nothing more than a character from Office Space.
Posted by: Mike | June 24, 2011 at 07:30 AM
Tops down, bottoms up and puking in the toilet flushing his career away.
Posted by: gonat | June 24, 2011 at 08:08 AM
Let's see, Riggleman just ended a 35+ year career w/ his middle fingers extended, why wouldn't he want to have a few beers w/ young ladies? Provided he didn't turn into Roethlisberger, what's the big deal?
Posted by: WFY | June 24, 2011 at 09:13 AM
agree with wfy!
Posted by: david s. | June 24, 2011 at 09:44 AM
I think cooler heads would have prevailed if Mr. Bloviater, Stan Kasten, was still in charge. Things would have been handled better and the public would never of known about it. Both Riggleman and the bald headed Napoleon, Mike Rizzo, are to blame for this embarrassing fiasco. It hurts to be a Nats fan. Is the stadium built on any ancient Indian burial or something? This organization is cursed! Jim Riggleman, good luck with the Chicas at Caddies.
Posted by: El Rey | June 24, 2011 at 09:56 AM
I don't know if he left the right way or if he "quit" on his players. But I know one thing...there isn't a damn thing wrong with this.
Posted by: Andy | June 24, 2011 at 10:21 AM
I'd rather have Jim Riggleman than Mike Quade.
Posted by: Bobby A | June 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Well, there is ONE thing wrong with this--is he drinking a vodka cranberry?
Posted by: Jake | June 24, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Reminds me of the 4PM prune juice I shared with Frank after his firing.
I appreciate a woman who needs to have a back-up drink in hand before finishing the first.
Posted by: Harper Gordek | June 24, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Spectacular.
I hear he's up for the roll of the manager in the Bad News Bears reboot.
Posted by: Adam | June 24, 2011 at 02:34 PM