William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Penn State, greater DC, Capitals, travel, more

In case you didn’t see last week’s chat, Postt columnist Thomas Boswell defended Jim Bowden.

I’m always fascinated by the lynch mob outside Bowden’s office. It’s a common fate for all GM’s of 100-loss teams. But what is his BIG mistake. Not little ones. He got Young for nothing. He got Dukes for nothing. The Rauch trade, plus the other fast middle-infielders he picked up are part of the reason the team has played 18-19 for the last six weeks. Ayala is doing well in NY and Lopez is contributing in St. Louis __for now.

Remember, Mock __who’s looking useful__ was part of the Livan trade. Would you like to reverse Schneider-Church for Milledge? I wouldn’t. Who brought Guzman here, at a reasonable price, in ‘05. So far, that’s a poor-to-mediocre signing. But it led to RE-signing him for the next two years at a fine price and I think that was a total steal. I think Guzman hits .300-to-.315 over the next two years.

Actually, Dmitri Young costs $5 million a year and Guzman was terrible in 2005 and hurt in 2006.

Oh and the Nats got swept out of Florida with yesterday’s game being a heartbreaking bullpen meltdown. I can’t stand the Marlins, but not in the way I dislike the Phillies and Mets. At least those are real teams, but somehow down in empty Dolphin Stadium, the Marlins have won two World Series.

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