As if giving a 24 year old "16 year old" $1.4 million wasn't enough, Nationals GM Jim Bowden is under investigation by the FBI* for skimming money off the top of bonuses given to Latin American players. This combined with a 100 loss season, a team that shows no signs of breaking through anytime soon, and a farm system described by BP's Kevin Goldstein as containing questionable "depth and upside" and lacking "any true impact players."
To sum up: Major league team = no good; minor league system = no good; GM being investigated by FBI; I don't think it's a stretch to proclaim Bowden an abject failure as Nats GM. Still all this was not enough to get him fired.
So he fired himself.
"It is an emotional decision that saddens me, but one that I feel is in the best interests of the two things I love most -- baseball and the Washington Nationals," said Bowden. I second that shit. The sooner Bowden leaves DC the better off the Nationals will be. About the only guy they could replace him with who would be worse is... Oh shit! Does anyone know where Steve Phillips is?
*Female Body Inspector! HA!
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