I feel the same way about Bowden. The best thing the new owner (when we get one) can do is immediately fire him and replace him with a responsible GM.
I was living in Cincinnati when the Reds fired him. Paul Daugherty of the Cincinnati Post wrote a great post mortem column that pointed out that Bowden has never met a hitter he didn't like. Hence, the Reds outfield of the time was overloaded with 5 outfielders for only three slots (Griffey, Dunn, Kearns, the others I forget). All were too good to bench....but you couldn't play all of them every game. Meanwhile, the pitching staff was a group of nobodys, most with lousy ERA's, and most promising prospects were usually traded for more hitting.
Now we have the same thing in DC, only switch outfielders to 2nd basemen. And the pitching staff is getting worse.
Nope. I long for the day Bowden's back on cold pizza.
