Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 22, 2009
Bowden on the Bubble

The Nationals Enquirer rounds up the latest news on Jim Bowden, especially this story about how he's part of a federal investigation:

A federal investigation into the skimming of signing bonuses given to baseball prospects from Latin America is looking at Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden as far back as 1994, when he was GM of the Cincinnati Reds, according to a baseball executive familiar with the investigation.

Two sources inside baseball say that a long-time scout in Latin America, Jorge Oquendo, 47, is the man who links the FBI's investigations of Bowden and his special assistant Jose Rijo to that of former Chicago White Sox senior director of player personnel David Wilder. Last May the White Sox fired Wilder and two Dominican-based scouts after allegations surfaced that they had pocketed money earmarked for player signing bonuses. Oquendo worked for Wilder in 2006 and 2007, as well as for Bowden with the Reds in 1994 and again with the Reds from 2000 through 2003. Oquendo left Cincinnati in 2005, two years after Bowden was fired. (Bowden became Nationals GM in 2004.)

It's time to get your GM resumes in order. Turning around the Nationals will be a challenge.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:31 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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David,

Did you see that Peter Gammons linked to me today?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3926544&name=gammons_peter

Can you believe that? I am stunned....

Posted by: John at February 23, 2009 03:03 AM

Any way that Bowden gets fired is ok with me. His failures would take all day to list. Time for Howdy Doody to go back to the peanut gallery.

Posted by: Jim C at February 23, 2009 06:40 AM

Any way that Bowden gets fired is ok with me. His failures would take all day to list. Time for Howdy Doody to go back to the peanut gallery.

Posted by: Jim C at February 23, 2009 06:40 AM

good job john!! i liked you post too

Posted by: benjah at February 23, 2009 01:39 PM
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