Nationals GM Bowden on FBI investigation: 'I'm innocent'

[madinmaryland]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/23/bowden.investigation.ap/index.html

VIERA, Fla. (AP) -- Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden responded Monday to a report that he's part of a federal investigation into the skimming of signing bonuses given to prospects from Latin America, saying he's done nothing improper.

"I'm innocent of any wrongdoing," Bowden said. "Aside from that, no comment."

Citing an unidentified baseball executive familiar with the investigation, SI.com reported Sunday night that the FBI is looking at Bowden's actions as far back as 1994, when he was GM of the Cincinnati Reds.

Bowden met last year with FBI investigators looking into an alleged scam involving skimming signing bonuses for play' Kasten said. "Esmailyn Gonzalez is a piece-of-discrete thing that involved just us. This is obviously something much wider ranging."

Last year, the Chicago White Sox fired director of player personnel David Wilder and two other scouts in the club's Latin American operation after a two-month investigation by Major League Baseball's Department of Investigations.

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What is going on in DC??

[TZ]

1. Bowden is a dirtbag.

My dads a Reds fan and he told me that we would be sorry for hiring Bowden...He's right...:banghead:

[KamaAina]

2. "Dirtbag" is not an insult in baseball

at least not in college baseball, where Cal State-Long Beach has proudly, though unofficially, adopted the moniker (the official name is 49ers).

This led to a priceless headline after they trashed UH last year: "Dirtbags make a clean sweep"! :rofl:

[nickgutierrez]

3. Ooh - crooked and incompetent! I like it!

Honestly, if this is what it takes for teams to stop hiring this bozo, I'm all for it.

[Riden]

4. Seriously..

the guy seems to be faulty in everything he does