SamSomeone get Rick Ross on the phone because we might have a new contender for boss of all bosses. The guy is an American first, and a hero second. Jim Riggleman is absolutely killing it for The Washington Nationals, while being one of the lowest paid if not the lowest paid manager in the league. Dude just wanted a guarantee on an option for 2012. The GM didn’t give it to him. So what did Riggleman do? He told his boss to f*ck off, quit, and partied with some hot chicks half his age. Pretty sure this guy is cooler than 95% of rappers. Verbiage from Yahoo. Pics from The Stool. This is how it’s done!
Jim Riggleman lived out the fantasy of every overtaxed, underpaid, mistreated worker Thursday: He told his boss to go screw himself.
In doing so, he found himself unemployed, no longer manager of the Washington Nationals after he quit Thursday afternoon in a contract snit. Riggleman told general manager Mike Rizzo he wanted the 2012 option on his deal picked up or he would not board the team bus following the Nationals’ game against the Seattle Mariners.
The charter toward the airport had one less passenger than scheduled after a 1-0 victory pushed the surprising Nationals to their 11th victory in 12 games and over .500 for the first time this deep into the season since 2005, their inaugural year in Washington.
“I’m 58,” Riggleman told reporters in Washington. “I’m too old to be disrespected.”
