{"id":4001,"date":"2009-03-04T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/mike-rizzo-gets-jim-bowdens-responsibilities-but-not-title.html"},"modified":"2009-03-04T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T17:11:00","slug":"mike-rizzo-gets-jim-bowdens-responsibilities-but-not-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/03\/mike-rizzo-gets-jim-bowdens-responsibilities-but-not-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rizzo gets Jim Bowden&#8217;s responsibilities, but not title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20090304&#038;content_id=3915554&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><b>Rizzo to take bulk of Nats&#8217; duties<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>nationals.com<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2009\/03\/rizzo_gets_new_duties_kasten_h.html\"><b>Rizzo Gets New Duties; Kasten: No Urgency for Search<\/b><\/a> &#8211; Nationals Journal, <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/weblogs\/chatter\/2009\/Mar\/04\/rizzo-running-baseball-ops-kasten-says-no-rush-per\/\"><b>Rizzo running baseball ops; Kasten says no rush for permanent GM<\/b><\/a> &#8211; Chatter, <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>This morning Nationals president <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stan Kasten<\/span> announced that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mike Rizzo<\/span> will assume the duties of general manager, but not the title. Officially, search for a new GM is on, but there seems little urgency. I am inferring that this means the job is Rizzo&#8217;s to lose. The rest of the front office will remain in their same roles.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2009\/03\/kasten_im_a_fan_of_continuity.html?wprss=nationalsjournal\"><b>Kasten: &#8220;I&#8217;m a fan of continuity&#8221;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; Nationals Journal, <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>A must-read transcript about today&#8217;s decisions. Also, condolences to Kasten who lost his mother to Alzheimer&#8217;s this morning.<\/p>\n<p>How all of today&#8217;s events impact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/03\/AR2009030303348.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">contract negotiations with Ryan Zimmerman<\/span><\/a> has yet to be seen. I stumbled on Kasten on <strike>Idiot<\/strike> <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Elliot in the Morning<\/span> today and it sounded like Kasten was the pointman on that process. A goal of Opening Day was set.<\/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\/MikeRizzo\" rel=\"tag\">Mike Rizzo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/StanKasten\" rel=\"tag\">Stan Kasten<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rizzo to take bulk of Nats&#8217; duties &#8211; nationals.comRizzo Gets New Duties; Kasten: No Urgency for Search &#8211; Nationals Journal, The PostRizzo running baseball ops; Kasten says no rush for permanent GM &#8211; Chatter, The Wash. 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