He’s got to really want it. I’ve gone out on a limb already in assuming that he doesn’t right now; I ‘ll wait until more comes out, but I don’t believe that Nats line that this was strictly about baseball.

Why did their GM find it necessary to add that they’ll be more “cohesive” if it was just about baseball, you know?

Well god knows what he’ll do if he doesn’t play baseball at all. Like I said, he just doesn’t make sense for us at the moment, but if he did, I’d try to do everything possible to keep him on the right path, even if it means hiring someone he trusts or looks up to to keep an eye on him (except Albert Belle of course).

Just read that the Nats apparently couldn’t find a taker. Which also seems odd. Not even a PTBNL?

That sounds like a good day.

This is kind of funny because I remember when Bowden acquired Dukes and Lastings Milledge, the moves were heralded by many fananalysts. (am I using this right?) It was thought that they were acquired on the cheap and that they both had great careers ahead of them based on both their past statistical performances and physical tools. Now, both have left the organization, without much in return for Milledge and nothing in return for Dukes.

Looking back, I still think the moves were probably worth it as neither team gave up much, but I think the fananalysts failed to properly account for their seemingly apparent makeup deficiencies. This isn’t to say that sometimes a guy can’t get unfairly tagged with this or that it isn’t overvalued by others, I just think it isn’t given as much attention as it should by some fananalysts.