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FORMER DC GM Jim Bowden announced his resignation this morning with those words, (and a few others), as of now no replacement has been named, but for anyone who's read the coverage of Asst. GM Mike Rizzo in this press this weekend...??? Oh, sure, I step away from my computer for a few hours...This is sooo Washington, DC though, releasing this story on a Sunday morning...more news to follow... You might avoid the printing press this way, but not the blogosphere..thanks to everyone who was on top of this... I guess when I asked at the end of the last post: Who do you expect the Nationals' GM to be on Monday? ...I wasn't too far off...though Team President Stan Kasten says it might take until the end of the week to name a replacement. Here's Nationals' Team President Stan Kasten's response from an Official Press Release. Here's the former DC GM Jim Bowden's parting words courtesy of the Washington Post's Chico Harlan in a Nationals Journal post entitled, "Bowden Statement." NEW POLL Who's Going To Be The Nationals' New GM?

I caught an interview with Washington Times' writer Mark Zuckerman on the XM's MLB Homeplate radio show "Inside Pitch" with Jeff Joyce and Kevin Kennedy, and jotted down a few notes about the conversation: Mark Zuckerman says:(paraphrasing, of course) -- The entire organization is preoccupied with the recent scandal. -- Doesn't think this is going away any time soon. --There is a chance Jim Bowden loses his job. -- The Nationals really need to change the perception of the team. Ownership taking a long look...Even if Bowden didn't do anything wrong... -- Manny Acta? No insinuation of Acta's involvement in any of this, but there's a lot of pressure on everyone in the organization. -- '09 Nationals? The team is healthy, which they were not in '08, a better offense with Dunn, Willingham added...w/out injuries should be a better team, at least doesn't think they'll lose 102 again.