James Gordon Bowden III (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is the general manager of the Washington Nationals. Bowden was born in Boston and raised in Weston, Massachusetts. His entry to professional baseball came as an assistant in the Pittsburgh Pirates media relations department in 1985. He was a former college roommate of Squire Galbreath, whose father Dan and grandfather John were the principle owners of the Pirates. Wikipedia
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