In case you didn’t see last week’s chat, Postt columnist Thomas Boswell defended Jim Bowden.
I’m always fascinated by the lynch mob outside Bowden’s office. It’s a common fate for all GM’s of 100-loss teams. But what is his BIG mistake. Not little ones. He got Young for nothing. He got Dukes for nothing. The Rauch trade, plus the other fast middle-infielders he picked up are part of the reason the team has played 18-19 for the last six weeks. Ayala is doing well in NY and Lopez is contributing in St. Louis __for now.
Remember, Mock __who’s looking useful__ was part of the Livan trade. Would you like to reverse Schneider-Church for Milledge? I wouldn’t. Who brought Guzman here, at a reasonable price, in ’05. So far, that’s a poor-to-mediocre signing. But it led to RE-signing him for the next two years at a fine price and I think that was a total steal. I think Guzman hits .300-to-.315 over the next two years.
Actually, Dmitri Young costs $5 million a year and Guzman was terrible in 2005 and hurt in 2006.
Oh and the Nats got swept out of Florida with yesterday’s game being a heartbreaking bullpen meltdown. I can’t stand the Marlins, but not in the way I dislike the Phillies and Mets. At least those are real teams, but somehow down in empty Dolphin Stadium, the Marlins have won two World Series.
