02-19-2008, 09:59 PM
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Nationals Add Another Boone
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The notion is almost preposterous -- a retired former all-star second baseman, now almost 39 years old and 31 months removed from his last big league game, attempting a comeback on a team that already has a middle-infield logjam. Preposterous, that is, until you remember these are the Washington Nationals, and their general manager is Jim Bowden, and the former all-star in question goes by the last name of Boone.
With all that in mind, it suddenly makes perfect sense that the Nationals would sign three-time all-star Bret Boone -- the son of Bob, one Bowden's top front-office lieutenants, and brother of Aaron, the Nationals' newly signed veteran infielder -- to a minor league contract that would pay him a mere $500,000 if he makes the big league roster.
"There's no downside here," Bowden said. "This is a non-guaranteed deal. There's no downside for him. There's no downside for us. We may decide in the middle of March, 'It's not working out. Let's forget about it. It didn't work.' But it's worth trying when you have [Boone's] type of ability."
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