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    Rally Onion! Chip R's Avatar
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    JimBo gets extention thru 06

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2361207

    Nationals extend GM Bowden's deal through '06

    SportsTicker

    JUPITER, Fla. -- The Washington Nationals will have new ownership this season. But Jim Bowden will remain the general manager.

    The Nationals, who are still owned and operated by Major League Baseball, extended the contract of Bowden and assistant general manager Tony Siegle through the 2006 season on Thursday. Bowden had been working under a six-month extension due to expire at the end of April.

    Originally hired as interim GM in November 2004, Bowden oversaw the relocation of the franchise from Montreal. The Nationals finished 81-81 in their first season in the nation's capital, a 14-game improvement from 2004, and spent 63 days in first place in the National League East.

    Bowden acquired outfielder Jose Guillen, who led the Nationals in home runs (24) and RBI (76) last season, and signed pitcher Esteban Loaiza as a free agent.

    This past offseason, Bowden acquired All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano from Texas, re-signed catcher Brian Schneider and improved the team's depth with the additions of veterans Michael Tucker, Marlon Anderson, Royce Clayton, Damian Jackson and Matthew LeCroy.

    A former GM with the Cincinnati Reds between 1992 and 2003, Bowden put together a team that advanced to the National League Championship Series in 1995.

    Even after ownership cut payroll, Bowden proved he could put together a competitive team on a tight budget.

    In 1999, he was named executive of the year when Cincinnati finished 96-67 and lost in a one-game playoff for the wild card to the New York Mets.
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    Re: JimBo gets extention thru 06

    If contraction goes threw he could be the last GM ever for them
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