Name that GM

Quote from GM of a scuffling, last place NL team:

"We're bad, no question about it. And I've seen no signs to tell us or our fans that we're going to turn it around. I'm not going to watch this for another four months. Other than our starting pitching and the back end of the bullpen, other than that it's all negatives."

Quote from another GM of a scuffling, last place NL team:

"We are playing good baseball. We are catching the ball. Our starting pitching has been really good, so that has been encouraging. We have to get the bats going. We have a lot of young hitters in the outfield that are learning and developing in the Major League level. It's going to take patience."

Would it hurt to be honest with your paying customers? This "We are playing good baseball." quote is bullshit. Could be a long four months...sure, it takes patience, but wouldn't it be nice to see someone (manager, GM, owner) seem pissed off about it?

Comments

[ckstevenson]

The owners are pissed off, at DC for the stadium not being "done on time".

I mean, why would they be pissed that their teams stinks, or that it's taken 1/3rd the season for their concessions people to learn how to do their jobs (and this is mostly just because attendance is so bad).

[Dave at Bottomfeeder baseball]

Bowden is a self-serving moron. i odn't knwo what baseball team he's watching that's playing "good baseball", especially when his lead-off hitter slaps the first pitch he sees after watching the previous two hitters take walks in the bottom of the ninth.

go get us some help Bowden, you self-serving bozo.

[The Nationals Enquirer]

Dave: yeah, that 'good baseball' quote is just insulting. I'm willing to be patient -- in fact, I HOPE they remain patient with the current disaster that is Dukes/Milledge/Pena in the OF, but Bowden is just being delusional or disingenuous or both with this crap.