bucsdugout.com - 1/26/2009
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I recently wrote about the mess that was made of the Montreal Expos in the years before and after they thought they might be contracted, and the connections between that situation and the one Neal Huntington inherited:
Dave Littlefield 's reign of error at the big-league level ...
dugoutcentral.com - 1/28/2009
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dugoutcentral.com —
Once Bill Bavasi was finally fired by the
Seattle Mariners, Jim Bowden officially took over the title...
of worst general manager in baseball. Bowden was a terrible hire for a rebuilding franchise like the Washington Nationals. Rather than make it his ...
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Jim Bowden is MLB’s Worst General Manager
bizofbaseball.com - 1/28/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
It was announced today that MASN has named
Rob Dibble as the new color commentator for the...
Washington Nationals. He will join play-by-play man Bob Carpenter in the booth beginning with the 2009 season under a multi-year contract with MASN. A 2-time All Star and MVP of the 1990 NLCS with the ...
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Rob Dibble Joins MASN as Color Commentator for Nationals ...
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Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? —
... Now, I know there's lots of aversion to signing free agents because of the way that Dave Littlefield handled things in his disastrous run as GM, but Charlie's got a good post up on his blog about how the Nationals did a nice job of turning stop-gap free agent acquisitions into useful prospects, and it's something that Huntington and company can take to heart. ...
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Nats Sign P Gary Glover —
Nationals Journal 1/26/2009
Washington has signed RHP Gary Glover to a minor-league deal, adding a veteran arm to the mostly young group competing for spots in the Nats' bullpen. Glover, 32, is an eight-year major league veteran who's appeared in 263 games. (Career numbers: ...
