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Critique Jim Bowden

by John Sickels on in News


Jim Bowden

The Critique the GM! feature is popular, so we will add it to the rotation. It also doesn't take a lot of work from me, which during the book crunch is a major help!

Today's topic of critique is Nationals GM Jim Bowden, certainly a more controversial figure than Terry Ryan. What do you guys think of Bowden? Please analyze and critique using logic and facts. . .keep vitriol to a minimum please.

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I think a lot of moves he made to generate intrest in nationals no matter how horrible everyone else knew they were (Guzman) so I'll give him a LITTLE credit for that.

That said though I wouldnt want him with 500 miles of my team (and the sox did interview him whewwwwwwww......)

by goalieguy on Dec 17, 2025 11:00 AM EST   0 recs

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Hard to really say anything nice about him.  His teams have generally had nice farm systems, but he hasn't been able to make a whole lot of them.  

There was a lot of talent in Cincinnati, but instead of building around them, he went out and got Griffey instead of pitching.

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