Bowden on Cordero, and lineups

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In person today, GM Jim Bowden was quick and short explaining the Cordero decision -- which for now, by the way, is merely an intention. If the team had been of mind to tender Cordero's contract at season's end, it would have had to pay him, minimum, 80-percent of next year's salary. (He's making $6.2 million this year, so that would have left him with nothing less than $4.96 million for 2009. That's a bit...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. [link]

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This One You Can Blame on Bowden
Published 7/24/2008 by Nate (noreply@blogger.com) at Nats Triple Play
... But for all the people who complain about the stubborn message discipline of the Lerners, or the opaque, endlessly qualified Stan-speak, let this be a reminder. The candor for which we all clamor is not always a virtue. Nats Journal has the latest from Trader Jim, and again, it seems obvious that the problem is with the timing and the medium, not the underlying message.

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