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Nats need to fire GM Bowden now

The Nationals have yet to finish above .500 during Jim Bowden's four-plus years as general manager. Instead of making progress, they have regressed significantly. The Nats went 81-81 in 2005, their first season in D.C., and followed that up with a 71-91 record in 2006 and a 73-89 mark in 2007. They staggered to the worst record in baseball last season at 59-102. Tuesday's report that $1.4 million bonus baby Esmailyn Gonzalez - a switch-hitting shortstop believed to be 19 - is actually 23-year-old Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo should be the final straw. Bowden has screwed up in every way a GM can and it's time for the Nats to fire him.