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After selling the Los Angeles Dodgers for a record $2.15 billion price tag, former team owner Frank McCourt fancies himself an expert businessman and expert on professional sports ownership. That has to be the case because McCourt recently decided to …
Frank McCourt is one of the biggest s***heads MLB has ever seen, but you won’t be able to tell based on the words of the soon-to-be new team owners. As part of the Guggenheim Baseball purchase agreement, the new team owners are swearing to …
Not only did Frank McCourt walk out of the Dodgers bankruptcy sale with potentially $1 billion in profit, but he also appears to have upgraded in the significant other department as well. McCourt showed up to the Dodgers-Padres season opener in San …
If you discount people occupying things, high-profile court cases, and celebrity divorces, there is not a whole lot to talk about as far as news in Los Angeles. Sure, you have the occasional kook trying to convince the town’s sports peons that the …
And on November 1st, 2011, Frank McCourt finally agreed to sell the Dodgers and return the beloved franchise to its rightful owners — the fans of Los Angeles. The Boston scumbag whose sole interest in the franchise was making money only made …
It’s official: the Los Angeles Dodgers are a national punchline. ESPYs host Seth Meyers spent a good chunk of his opening monologue ripping on the storied franchise for their financial troubles. Meyers mentioned All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp …
Roger Arrieta is a lifelong Dodgers fan who launched a “Mark Cuban Save the Dodgers” movement. He has a site, a Facebook group boasting over 3,000 likes, and a following on twitter. All the Save the Dodgers supporters are hardcore Dodgers …
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball are embroiled in a legal argument over the irresponsible handling of the historic franchise. MLB says Frank has mishandled the franchise by keeping too much of the team’s money for himself. …
Before we go any further I’d like to make one thing clear: Frank McCourt is the worst thing to happen to the Dodgers in the past 10 years and I can’t wait for him to lose the team. He’s a horrible person who seriously lacks any …
While Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is busy making publicity rounds trying to reignite support from fans, he might be better served spending his time trying to raise funds. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Dodgers may not have enough money to …
There are few owners in sports, and people around for that matter, who are dirtier than Frank and Jamie McCourt. I worked for the team the first year they came in as owners so I got a firsthand taste of what they were like. Anyone could tell from the …
MLB commissioner Bud Selig finally determined something Wednesday he should have known seven years ago: Frank McCourt is not a suitable owner and operator of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The stunning announcement was made that MLB would take over the …
When the McCourts bought the Dodgers in 2004, they were approved unanimously by their fellow owners. The reason was simple: MLB wanted cheap owners in a major market to help keep player salaries down (imagine an owner that spends like the Yanks or …
The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks 3-1 on Sunday to end their season. Joe Torre finished his last year as the team’s manager with an unimpressive 80-82 record and he gave his farewell to the fans following the disappointing year. The Dodgers …
The moment the news broke that there was a shakeup with the Dodgers power couple owners, Frank and Jamie McCourt, the Boys in Blue became that much more likable. I always could tell that the two were putting on an act with their marriage and now …
I love the way the Dodgers are trying to play this whole Manny Ramirez free agent negotiation. It’s going down exactly as I expected. Anyone who follows the Dodgers knows that Frank McCourt can’t afford to pay Manny the type of money he …
