Our dearly departed Jamey

All the more proof that Bowden is one of Satan Selig's henchmen, plaguing the Earth with his evil deeds and destroying good wherever he encounters it.

In the article on MLB.com, we receive a brief explanation for this evil act. "Bowden was bothered by the fact that the Nats' bench was unproductive in 2005, and he didn't feel Carroll was a good fit. Carroll didn't drive in enough runs and some in the organization felt that he was not good enough defensively to replace a player like Guzman."

On Basil's post about this wanton deed, I said, "Um... you have to have players ON BASE to drive in runs. The bench was unproductive? The STARTERS were unproductive. Kind of hard to have meaningful pinch hits when your starters don't get on base."

As far as defense goes, he doesn't have the springboard range of an everyday starter, but he is one of the most fundamentally sound players in the game. He's simply not going to screw up, not only on physical errors, but mental ones as well, and we all know mental errors are just as bad as the Es on the scoreboard.

In selling Carroll, Bowden has rid the team of the one infielder who isn't going to bitch about his playing time. While the bench will be full of aged hasbeens and former semi-stars, no doubt there will be some unhappiness spilling from the clubhouse onto the field.

Jamey is proof that you can be a fan favorite and not be a superstar. He's a real class act. I wish him luck and hope he gets a chance to play in Colorado.

Pray that Bowden suddenly loses the ability to grip a pen so he can't make anymore stupid moves.