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Jim Bowden’s (Extremely Brief) Return To Respectability [Media Meltdowns]
deadspin.com - 6/5/2009
Jim Bowden’s (Extremely Brief) Return To Respectability [Media Meltdowns]
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Jim Bowden , the disgraced ex-Nationals GM, stands accused of stealing ballplayers' bonus money . The team he built is on pace to lose 118 games. Naturally, ESPN wanted to hire him. In a May 28 press release , the Boys from Bristol announced that Bowden—who previously worked for ESPN ...
wusa9.com - 6/5/2009
Jim Bowden Breaks His Silence On 9NEWS NOW And WUSA9.com | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |
— wusa9.com — WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Jim Bowden was a baseball prodigy. He got his first job in the... Majors at 24. He was a General Manager by 31. Everything he touched turned to gold. But three months ago, saddled by a sub-par team and mounting off-the-field ... (more) Jim Bowden Breaks His Silence On 9NEWS NOW And WUSA9.com ...

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ESPN "SportsCenter" App for iPhone, iPod Touch Released
businessofsportsnetwork.com - 6/3/2009
ESPN "SportsCenter" App for iPhone, iPod Touch Released
— businessofsportsnetwork.com — ESPN Mobile today announced the launch of ESPN ScoreCenter on the Apple App Store. The free app... will be sponsored at launch by Lexus in the U.S. and delivers real-time scores, live game info, game summaries and statistics to iPhone and iPod touch users in 21 countries around the globe. It ... (more) ESPN "SportsCenter" App for iPhone, iPod Touch Released

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Playing a Different Game: 2009 Strength of Schedule
beyondtheboxscore.com - 6/1/2009
Playing a Different Game: 2009 Strength of Schedule
— beyondtheboxscore.com — I've been looking around the web for measures of MLB strength of schedule and have found three... results so far.  One, Andy Dolphin's site , hasn't started updating for 2009.  A second, ESPN.com , doesn't make their methodology obvious at all. The third, BPro , also doesn't explain its ... (more) Playing a Different Game: 2009 Strength of Schedule

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Circling The Bases:  Jim Bowden was something of a hands-off GM

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Jim Bowden was something of a hands-off GM
Circling The Bases — Via Deadspin , we learn that former Nats' GM Jim Bowden recently sat down for an extended interview in which he admits that he never once stepped foot in the Dominican Republic despite the fact that his team ran an academy and spent millions of dollars on talent there: With both of those scandals originating in the Dominican Republic, some say more diligent oversight by Bowden of the Nationals' operations in that country might have nipped some of the problems in the bud. But Bowden admits in his 5 years with the franchise, he had never once stepped foot on Dominican ...

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Jim Bowden was something of a hands-off GM
bases.newsvine.com 6/5/2009 — Via Deadspin, we learn that former Nats' GM Jim Bowden recently sat down for an extended interview in which he admits that he never once stepped foot in the Dominican Republic despite the fact that his team ran an academy and spent millions of dollars ...
Are You Smarter than Jim Bowden?
beyondtheboxscore.com 6/9/2009 — More photos » by Haraz N. Ghanbari - AP Browse more photos » In the June 15th issue of ESPN The Mag Jim Bowden is quoted as saying for what amount and when Stephen Strasburg will sign for with the ...
Bowden: Nationals to draft Strasburg | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 5/1/2009 — By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com 04/30/09 6:17 PM ET If former Nationals general manager Jim Bowden is correct, there won't be a surprise when Washington makes the first pick of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft in June. > Bowden, who resigned from his ...
Bowden adds new pitch, looks forward to returning to Boston
firebrandal.com 5/17/2009 — File all of the following under a premonition of things to come for Pawtucket Red Sox' right-hander Michael Bowden: Between 19 games at Portland and nine at Pawtucket last season, he ranked second in the organization in ERA (2.62) and third in strikeouts (130 in 144 1/3 innings). On ...
Jim Bowden Breaks His Silence On 9NEWS NOW And WUSA9.com | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |
wusa9.com 6/4/2009 — Below is an excerpt from Part I of Brett Haber's exclusive interview with former Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden. Part II aired Thursday night on 9NEWS NOW at 11pm as Bowden admits some of the mistakes he made during his tenure in DC and talks ...
Your NCAA Baseball Super Regional Announcing Schedule
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 6/5/2009 — Has anyone out there been wondering what happened to once All Star third baseman, Morgan Ensberg? Well, he's working for ESPN now of course! Morgan, Robin Ventura, Jim Bowden and THE Pam Ward, will be on ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Super Regionals ...
Here's how Bowden's possible no-no fell apart
soxblog.projo.com 5/7/2009 — By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer PAWTUCKET _ Michael Bowden cruised through six innings and had allowed only two walks for the PawSox Wednesday night at McCoy Stadium. In the seventh, however, it appeared the entire PawSox club, ...
Jim Bowden Discusses the Nats' Pen
voices.washingtonpost.com 5/19/2009 — In case reading his Twitter feed isn't comprehensive enough, you can also discern some of Jim Bowden's thoughts by following his Facebook postings. Like, he apparently posted the following on Nick Johnson's wall. Nick all is cool.....Lakers won ...
Bowden: Nationals to draft Strasburg
mlb.mlb.com 5/1/2009 — Jim Bowden, who resigned from as GM of the Nationals on March 1, said in a radio interview on ESPN 710 in Los Angeles that the club has already decided to draft pitching sensation Stephen Strasburg from San Diego State.
ESPN The Magazine Online
obsessedwithsports.com 6/5/2009 — ESPN is going to put the online website for ESPN the Magazine behind a paywall. The transition will take place this summer. Of course, anyone who is familiar with ESPN.com knows that the magazine’s online presence accounts for only a very small portion of ESPN’s content. AllThingsD.com say that ...
Latest Group Offended By the Washington Nationals: The Local Jewish Community — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/5/2009
If you’re the Washington Nationals, and you’ve already pissed off people who love baseball, appreciate accurate spelling, and not being pelted with T-Shirts wrapped around hot dogs, why stop at that small group? Take it to the big ...
The Reading List — Nationals Journal 6/5/2009
According to the Capital Weather Gang, the chances of rain today are 100 percent. Given that it's raining right now, this seems like valid information. But the forecast also indicates that showers ought to pass through -- finally -- by the early ...
Silence Broken, Job Lost — Nationals Journal 6/5/2009
Since resigning as Nats GM, Jim Bowden has maintained a strangely visible profile, appearing on an LA radio show, dropping baseball-related twitter musings, etc. But only in a recent sit-down interview with Brett Haber did Bowden officially "break his ...
Don't Tell Rob Dibble About Balls and Strikes — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/5/2009
Nats’ color man Rob Dibble took issue with a late game pitch that was just a bit low on Adam Dunn last night that was called for a strike. Oh yeah, in case you hadn’t heard, San Francisco Giants pitcher Randy Johnson was going for his ...
Tom Verducci: The Big Unit's knack for winning ... and giving up the longball — SI.com - MLB 6/5/2009
1) No, that wasn't vintage Big Unit in Washington for win number 300. Randy Johnson won for only the seventh time in his career throwing 78 pitches or less and for only the sixth time out of 300 with two strikeouts or less. But determination is what ...