{"id":3988,"date":"2009-03-01T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/jim-bowden-resigns-updated.html"},"modified":"2009-03-01T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-01T15:51:00","slug":"jim-bowden-resigns-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/jim-bowden-resigns-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"JIM BOWDEN RESIGNS! (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2009\/03\/bowden_resigns_update.html\"><b>Bowden Resigns [Update]<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/mar\/01\/bowden-announces-resignation\/\"><b>Bowden announces resignation<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2009\/03\/bowden_resigns_1.html\"><b>Bowden Resigns<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Our long Nationals Nightmare is over, we won&#8217;t have <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span> to kick around any more! Bowden did the right thing and resigned as general manager of the Washington Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/firejimbowden.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Fire Jim Bowden<\/span><\/a> on the tragedy of a dream come true or at least very close to it.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2009\/03\/kasten_statement.html?wprss=nationalsjournal\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stan Kasten&#8217;s statement<\/span><\/a> is telling: &#8220;We greatly respect and admire the decision made today by Jim Bowden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2009\/03\/bowden_statement.html?wprss=nationalsjournal\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bowden blames the media<\/span><\/a> in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>Woo hoo! I&#8217;m getting a free beer on Opening Day! Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/natslooser.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/amf-jim.html\"><b>NationalsFanboyLooser<\/b><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I will probably have more to say tomorrow, but until then good news!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/JimBowden\" rel=\"tag\">Jim Bowden<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/resignation\" rel=\"tag\">resignation<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowden Resigns [Update] &#8211; The PostBowden announces resignation &#8211; The Wash. 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Congratulations to Fire Jim Bowden on the tragedy of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,106],"tags":[890,1222],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2009","category-washington-nationals","tag-jim-bowden","tag-nats"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JIM BOWDEN RESIGNS! (Updated) - William F. 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