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Guardians don’t need to hit home runs to be great

Related Topics: Jim Bowden, Terry Francona

Here’s a stupid thing I’m mad about.

In a new article at The Athletic, Jim Bowden — a guy who skimmed signing bonus money from Latin American players while working as a general manager — gives his thoughts on the “biggest problems” each playoff team is facing. In the article, Bowden — who was not a particularly good general manager, with his Reds teams making the playoffs just once in his 12 years and his Nationals teams achieving a .500 record his first season and then absolutely sucking each year until he resigned in disgrace — says the biggest problem facing the Cleveland Guardians is that they don’t hit home runs.