--The fallout from the Esmailyn Gonzalez/Carlos Alvarez scandal claimed its biggest victim on March 1, when GM Jim Bowden resigned. 

Five weeks before the start of the regular season, Jim Bowden resigned as the Washington Nationals' general manager. 

Five weeks before the start of the regular season, Jim Bowden resigned as the Washington Nationals' general manager. 

During theWashingtonNationals' first spring training in 2005, a representative of the Lerner family - at the time one of the bidders for the franchise owned by Major League Baseball - made the trip to Viera, Fla. 

It was presumably the final step in a scandal that had been brewing since Feb. 

You can say he made mistakes, both on and off the field. 

Jim Bowden resigned Sunday after four seasons as the Washington Nationals general manager, leaving under the cloud of a federal investigation into the skimming of signing bonuses given to Latin American prospects. 

David Pauley made up for a forgettable first impression, and Baltimore Orioles catching prospect Matt Wieters flashed his power stroke. 

JNeither Jim Bowden nor Stan Kasten attended theWashingtonNationals' exhibition game against the St. 

Jim Bowden's final move as Washington Nationals general manager was his own resignation. 

Even if Jim Bowden wasn't the target of a federal investigation, Ken Rosenthal says he needed to go in Washington. 

Jim Bowden, so often the public face of theWashingtonNationals' front office, seemingly has been reduced to bystander in the last week. 

Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden says he is resigning. 

Chris Carpenter's first spring outing was a breeze. 

After a slow offseason, the Nationals made a big splash just before spring training, signing 1B/OF Adam Dunn.