JIM BOWDEN WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE YOU CAN HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

"We are not here to tear down."
(Jim Bowden, via MLB dot com, 6/24/2008)

"We're open to any trade that makes us better long-term. That includes proven major leaguers that are successful, top prospects in the minor leagues; we're open to anything. We've told every club, we have complete flexibility on trading players and acquiring players. So we're keeping every avenue open to us. We've let all the clubs know that. If someone wants to know if we're a buyer or a seller, we're both...We'll trade a piece that hurts our team this year to help our team win a year from now or two years from now. Total focus is on the long-term."
(Jim Bowden, via Nationals Journal, 7/04/2008)

Hmmm...It only took 10 days for Jimbo to change his tune.

It's OK, Jim, we're with you on what needs to be done. But why not just step up and call it what it is?

From here, it seems pretty simple: If all you're really planning to do is sell, you're not a buyer, you're a seller.

Unless, the countdown to the (inevitable) Adam Dunn trade begins now...

(Photo of Jim Bowden on TV by The Nationals Enquirer staff)

Comments

[Hoagie]

If you have it both ways, does that make you a bisexual?

[The Nationals Enquirer]

Not exactly what we had in mind...