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MILWAUKEE -- Mike Rizzo gained plenty of attention last season for shutting down starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg in September. France Soccer Jersey . Rizzo said Friday that hes not going to change the way he does his job after the Washington Nationals handed him a new contract a day earlier and promoted him to President of Baseball Operations. "Im going to attack the way I always have with hard work and good decisions and hire good people and let them do their jobs so I can do my job better," he said. Rizzo understands he can go no higher within the teams front office. "Being the president of baseball operations means the buck stops with me," he said before his team played the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. "Theres nobody above me. Theres nobody to look to above me. Theyre my decisions. Im going to run the baseball operations department in entirety." He signed what the club called a long-term contract. "Im honoured that the Lerners entrusted me with the goal of making this a championship calibre franchise," he said. "It was very humbling and gratifying to become the president of the team and to get the extension. Its a statement that theres continuity and consistency in the organization." A year after winning the NL East and leading the majors with 98 wins, Washington came into the game with a 52-56 record and 11 games behind the division-leading Atlanta Braves. Rizzo said that the amicable negotiations for his new deal started a couple of months back and had no timetable. They just happened to get very close this week. "We were getting close the last couple of days and so the last day it came to fruition," he said. Rizzo was the first administrator hired after the Lerner family took control of the Nationals in July 2006. He has slowly worked his way up ever since. He was hired as the assistant general manager and vice-president of baseball operations on July 24, 2006. Then came a promotion to general manager and senior vice-president on Aug. 20, 2010. He said that if he sees an opportunity to better the club, hes going to take it no matter what the date is. "The trade deadline is never over in my mind," he said. "Weve made some good deals after July 31st. Theres always ways to improve your roster. Were always looking to improve our roster for 2013 and beyond. Were certainly not going to be in a rent-a-player mode." Patrice Evra France Jersey .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Anthony Martial Jersey . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. http:///...a-france-jersey.aspx . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. WASHINGTON -- Tayler Hill scored 21 points, Leilani Mitchell added 20 points and the duo combined to make nine of Washingtons season-high 16 3-pointers in the Mystics 118-81 victory over the short-handed Chicago Sky on Wednesday night.It was the most points scored by Washington in franchise history -- topping a 109-106 three-overtime victory over Connecticut this season. The Mystics shot 60.8 percent from the field, including 16 of 28 from distance.Chicago forward Elena Delle Donne, the top scorer in the WNBA at 22.1 points per game, played just eight minutes and sat out the entiree second half because of a thumb injury. Karim Benzema Jersey. Emma Meesseman added 17 points and Stefanie Dolson had 16 points for Washington (12-17). The Mystics trail Phoenix and Seattle, which beat New York on Wednesday, by a half-game for the final playoff spot.Washington made 10 3-pointers in the first half and led 56-39.Courtney Vandersloot had 17 points and eight assists, and Cappie Pondexter added 16 points for Chicago (15-14), which sits in fifth place. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
