VIERA, Fla., March 1 -- Washington Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden resigned this morning, saying he felt he had become a distraction to the club.
The Nationals did not immediately name a successor or an interim GM.
"It is an emotional decision that saddens me, but one that I feel is in the best interests of the two things I love most -- baseball and the Washington Nationals," Bowden said at a hastily called news conference at Space Coast Stadium, the Nationals' spring training site.
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