Washington Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden, already under fire for his questionable off-season personnel moves and his team’s underachieving start, added fuel to his own fire today as the club revealed Bowden was arrested on DUI charges last Sunday while in Florida.
According to the AP, Bowden released a statement today saying, “I intend to plead not guilty at a future date in a Miami Dade court. I deeply regret any embarrassment that my arrest may cause the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball. On the advice of legal counsel, I will have no further comment regarding this incident until the court proceedings are complete.”
With a new ownership team set to be announced soon (*fingers crossed*) Bowden’s time with the team was already thought to be short, as the new owners would likely want to bring in their own people to run the day to day operations of the club. This might be Bowden’s final nail in the coffin. But there is still hope. Maybe the prosecutor has a side job or something like that.
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