Bye bye, Jimbo?
Jon Heyman of SI.com, who recently posted a little snippet claiming support for Jim Bowden from the Lerners, posted this little nugget in his column late late night:
Despite his bosses' support for him in the scout skimming investigation, there's increasing buzz that Nationals GM Jim Bowden will be replaced before next year.
Seems the clock is ticking on Jimbo...by our count, he has 12 days left (counting today) to save his job.
I love you man! You've given me reason to live.
But here's a question: Who is the next GM?
Posted by: MikeHarris | July 20, 2008 at 12:25 PM
For some reason I'm not getting your RSS feed anymore. Is there some trick I don't know? (Not that there's any reason I'd expect you to know.)
Posted by: Nationals Fan @ Fire Jim Bowden | July 20, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Seems both of you have tackled the question and answers yourselves over at your respective place(s), much, much better than I can...Can I just throw out a name, and not explain why? It's too hot outside right now to explain. Ok, here it goes:
Rizzo.
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | July 20, 2008 at 04:49 PM
it has to be Rizzo. The man has an amazing eye for talented you athletes. I've thought for a while that the front office has been grooming him to take over. Thing is, just as the lerners don't seem to feel the need to rush young players through in what is obviously a losing seaon, they seem to not feel a need to rush Rizzo. I can't believe that tight fisted Stan hasn't wanted to fire him for a while. I mean Lopez for Godssake!!! Bowden can spot athleticism, Rizzo can spot people that can use their athleticism.
Posted by: Ben | July 20, 2008 at 06:42 PM
Rizzo certainly seems to make sense...especially in terms of keeping some semblance of organizational continuity. But we'll see what Jimbo pulls out of his ass over this next week+ ... that could go a long way towards buying him another year (assuming he's squeaky clean in the scouting scandal, of course.)
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | July 20, 2008 at 07:58 PM