As you'll recall, Bowa was hard-nosed, grumpy and ultimately right about the lack of fight and guile within the hearts and minds of several up-'n-coming Dodger rookies during his tenure. He preached about the old days and how players had to sacrifice to win games. He said our future stars needed to get their butts into gear and take advantage of the opportunity they had to win now. Instead, they lackadaisically skipped through the season like a bunch of posh reality tv stars.
He was the man sent by Joe Torre to whip those kids into shape. Unfortunately, it only lead to a bunch of heartache.