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    Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    This just cracked me up. I wonder who gave Gammons this little rumor...
    You think JimBo takes any blame for the shambles that he left in Cincy's farm?

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    Jim Bowden was never allowed to be big into the draft when he was in Cincinnati because he had owners who didn't believe in it, or its costs. But Bowden has been empowered to begin the reconstruction of the Washington Nationals, and threw himself into the draft. Bowden and the Nationals took the long-term route, with high-profile high school players like 3B Chris Marrero, Florida H.S. RHP Colton Willems, hard-throwing New Jersey RHP Sean Black and Orlando H.S. SS Stephen King. That is an indication that the new ownership is allowing Bowden to eventually trade for as much young talent as he can get, so the market for Alfonso Soriano, Jose Guillen, Livan Hernandez, Tony Armas, et al will be very interesting next month. Next to the draft, what Bowden enjoys most is making trades, so stay tuned.
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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    we know about how jimbo does deals see ryan dempster brian moehler projects who those worked out

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Bowden is still a very bitter man when it comes to the Reds. He needs to move on and focus that energy on keeping his job in Washington.

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    I must admit that's a decent smokescreen to cover up or justify the choices that were made in the draft while he was in Cincinnati.

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    So no credit for Dunn and Kearns then
    Go Gators!

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Jimbo was neither as bad as fans make him out to be nor as good as he believes he was.

    However, he was forced to pass up on a few high-level picks due to "signability" issues.
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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Quote Originally Posted by KronoRed
    So no credit for Dunn and Kearns then
    Edwin
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    A little bit off topic, but do you guys think that Jesse Winker profiles more like Pete Rose or is he just the next Hal Morris??

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Edwin wasn't drafted by us

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Quote Originally Posted by Tornon
    Edwin wasn't drafted by us
    Yes, but Bowden traded for him.
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    A little bit off topic, but do you guys think that Jesse Winker profiles more like Pete Rose or is he just the next Hal Morris??

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    He traded for Mateo, Edwin was a throw in
    Go Gators!

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool
    Jimbo was neither as bad as fans make him out to be nor as good as he believes he was.

    However, he was forced to pass up on a few high-level picks due to "signability" issues.
    That's exactly right. And Marge really downplayed the significance of the farm system and scouting. She refused to spend the money on what she thought was frivalous ventures.
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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Wasn't it scouting supervisors Marge went through like George Steinbrenner went through managers? That foundation still hurts the Reds, IMO, and Dan0's reign did nothing to help.
    But, of course, Bowden was a pretty bad GM...so he and Narge were a perfect match.

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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool
    Jimbo was neither as bad as fans make him out to be nor as good as he believes he was.

    However, he was forced to pass up on a few high-level picks due to "signability" issues.

    Great summary.

    I will add to Bowden's defense that not many GM's have had two first round picks totally unfunded (Sowers + Esponisa). Then were forced to make signablity picks like Snamek, etc.

    Bottom line is that after Allen said in the press that Howington was a "waste of money", the draft money dried up.

    However, Bowden did make quite a few big gaffes, like passing over Berkman (because he was an "AL" player). Another one was to pick CJ Nitcowski #1 in hopes of him being a lefty out of the pen that fall to face Atlanta. Passing over Jeter and Garciparra was also an obvious mistake.

    But Bowden had quite a few successes in the pre-Howington era. Dunn, Kearns, Williamson, maybe LaRue. He also had an eye for picking young talent in trades (although it was mainly position players).
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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool
    Jimbo was neither as bad as fans make him out to be nor as good as he believes he was.

    However, he was forced to pass up on a few high-level picks due to "signability" issues.
    I think the first statement if a fair assessment. However, lots of teams have to pass up draft picks because of signability issues. It doesn't always have to do with whether a team can afford the player or not. Smart teams are going to be very careful about players asking for the big money because no one wants to end up with another Brien Taylor.

    I don't know him personally, so my impressions are based on what I've seen in the papers and on TV. My feeling on Jim Bowden is that he is a bright guy, but he lacks self-control. He lacks it when he speaks and he seems to lack it when he does business. My theory is that working with a small budget actually helped reign him in. I feel that if they had opened the pocketbooks, he would have just spent it poorly. The other big issue I saw was that he seems to have this desire to have to "win" trades. With the Griffey trade in particular, there were a few times when he seemed to be gloating about how he got the best of the deal. Not exactly a good way to do business in an industry where you have a limited number of organization with whom you can deal.

    All in all, Bowden made some brilliant moves and some real stinkers.
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    Re: Now the truth comes out... Jim Bowden was never....

    But Bowden had quite a few successes in the pre-Howington era. Dunn, Kearns, Williamson, maybe LaRue.
    Horrible 1st rounders too. and gave the 1995 pick away for Berryhill.

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    1994 	C.J. Nitkowski 	LHP 	St. John's U 			9 
    1995 	Brett Tomko 	RHP 	SECOND ROUND 			54 
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    1997 	Brandon Larson 	SS 	Louisiana State U 		14 
    1998 	Austin Kearns 	RF 	Lexington, KY 			7 
    1999 	Ty Howington 	LHP 	Vancouver, WA 			14
    2000 	David Espinosa 	SS 	Miami, FL 			23
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