Feds investigating Bowden

"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."

Things just keep looking up for ol' Leatherpants!

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I'll be shocked if he lasts the year as GM

Folks in DC are well and rightly fed up with him.

by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2009 12:09 AM EST reply actions

I'm truly surprised he's made it this long

And through an ownership change, that’s the real miracle for him…

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Feb 23, 2009 12:11 AM EST up reply actions

Will you be surprised when ends up as the GM for the Bengals

肏你祖宗十八代 - and your sister too !

by Madville on Feb 23, 2009 1:05 AM EST up reply actions

Holy sheet

Don’t I know you?

I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot uderage girls were FBI agents.....

by jch24 on Feb 24, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

MLB Trade Rumors

has a rundown. WaPo is reporting that the owners are eager to be rid of Leatherpants, but are waiting for the investigation to finish.

Leatherpants says he’s innocent of any wrongdoing.

Maybe so, but perhaps it’s time to resign “for the good of the team” so he devote his time to clearing his name, not be a distraction, etc.?

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Feb 23, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

When he was GM of the Reds?

I wonder whose bonuses he skimmed? Any players we would know?

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Feb 23, 2009 6:50 AM EST reply actions

1992-2003

and P. Doc misses him, or at least missed him.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2009 7:20 AM EST up reply actions

Doesn't look good for Rijo, either

Last week a 19 year-old Nats signee, Esmailyn Gonzalez, was mentioned in one of the Reposters because he was actually 23-year-old Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo. Aside from the identity forgery, the signing looks suspicious because the Nats paid him 1.4M when the next highest bid was 700K. Also, the prospect’s agent negotiated with every team except for the Nats, whose negotiation was handled by the player’s buscon (per the article a person who trains amateur youth baseball players in exchange for a percentage of future signing bonuses). The Gonzalez signing has been included in the FBI’s investigation of bonus-skimming.

Rijo has served as a special ass’t to Bowden on Latin American issues, but this story looks particularly bad for him because the buscon is a childhood friend. Rijo is now on indefinite leave from the team.

by ken on Feb 23, 2009 9:14 AM EST reply actions

I've always wondered

why the Reds ended their relationship with Rijo’s acadamy so abruptly.I wonder if they new something back then. I hope Rijo gets cleared of everything but at first glance it doesn’t look good.

by fourrunhomer on Feb 23, 2009 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

Federal investigation

I hate to see Jose get screwed in all of this, But as far as LeatherPants, it could not happen to a nicer guy.

by Eastwindquinn on Feb 23, 2009 10:24 AM EST reply actions

Welcome back!

by ken on Feb 23, 2009 11:32 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks!

by Eastwindquinn on Feb 23, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

when leatherpants took over in DC

wasn’t the ownership group MLB? If so, shouldn’t someone there also be held accountable? Maybe this payola scandal goes higher up the food chain than we realize. Hopefully all the eay to Selig.

90 wins in 09!!

by Caleb on Feb 23, 2009 10:39 AM EST reply actions

not that I am defending Bowden

I sincerly hope he gets Federal Prison Time. 2 winters minimum in some place very, very cold.

90 wins in 09!!

by Caleb on Feb 23, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions

and maybe transfered to texas for the summer?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2009 11:52 AM EST up reply actions

He'll get a new style of sweater

and perhaps he can develop some previously untapped talent

You gotta believe this guy knows how to grip a screwball.

Or maybe Jim will reunite with Toe Nash

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions

Ahem

Krivsky had the sweaters, man.

by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

Jim wears lots of sweaters, too.

I didn’t call him Sweaterpants. :)

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2009 2:13 PM EST up reply actions

More on Wilder. I like the part about Club Burn.

by ol Pete on Feb 23, 2009 12:19 PM EST reply actions

Not a collection of my favorites:

"I'm standing at the plate thinking, Where are my hands? Where's this, where's that? Before I know it, the pitch is there and I'm completely out of rhythm." -
-- Adam Dunn

by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Feb 23, 2009 3:07 PM EST reply actions

Is that

Claus von Bülow with them?

"I'm standing at the plate thinking, Where are my hands? Where's this, where's that? Before I know it, the pitch is there and I'm completely out of rhythm." -
-- Adam Dunn

by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Feb 23, 2009 3:08 PM EST up reply actions