mr. kasten rooted for as a kid. when he spoke at the club three years ago, he talked about how he was building a club through the farm system. you can look at ryan zimmerman, the star third baseman and hjorth zimmerman and start seeing the fruits of those efforts. still they remained mired in first place. rumors are swirling that the manager will be fired. the general manager jim bowden has left, and a permanent replacement has yet to be named. questions abound. will they be able to sign their first round draft pick, steven strawsberg, kerd the best prospect in a generation. will the owners open their pocket books a bit wider and bring in some better players so the nats aren't talked about in the same sentence as the 1962 new york mets. he has been the subject of criticism in the "washington post" and the washington times,. then again, the atlanta journal constitution once questioned why he got a contract extension. that was in 1991, two years before the braves began their winning streak. he began in baseball by wal