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Divorce Dodger Style
baseballmusings.com —
Frank McCourt fired his wife from her job as the Dodgers’ chief executive:
“Jamie is disappointed and saddened by her termination,” attorney Dennis Wasser said this afternoon. “As co-owner of the Dodgers, she will address this and all other issues in the courtroom.”
Wasser would not say whether Jamie McCourt would continue to occupy her office at Dodger Stadium. He said that would depend on the outcome of legal proceedings he expected to initiate “in the next couple weeks.”
The person who ...
Dodgers Owner Fires Wife as CEO
SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated —
... Los Angeles Dodgers fans better enjoy the memory of this year's run to the NLCS. It may be the last time the team gets there for a while if what has happened to other team's whose owners went through bitter divorces are any indication. Dodgers' owners Frank and Jamie McCourt are estranged and in the process of a not very pleasant divorce. Today, it was revealed that Frank has fired Jamie from her position as CEO of the Dodgers. The exact timing of the termination is a bit unclear, but Jamie's response is not. Her lawyer's comments to the L.A. ...
Friday Roundtable: Health Care Edition
YouGabSports —
... Jamie McCourt's lawyer says her soon-to-be ex-husband Frank McCourt - owner of the Dodgers - gave her a case of premature ejection this week when he fired her as CEO of the team. MLB has Frank as the sole owner, but her attorney has made it clear that she's co-owner as California is a community property state. He should've moved the team to Brooklyn before filing for divorce. At least he waited for his team ...
The Dodgers are the kids in a custody battle
Circling The Bases —
[image] Normally, if you fire someone at work after you stop sleeping together, you're going to get sued for sexual harassment. Of course, what's going on in L.A. ain't exactly normal : Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has fired his estranged wife, Jamie, from her position as the team's chief executive, triggering what her attorney said would be an imminent legal response. "Jamie is disappointed and saddened by her termination," attorney Dennis Wasser said Thursday. "As co-owner of the Dodgers, she will address this and all other issues in the courtroom." OK, so this one might ...
Jamie McCourt wants to take over Dodgers
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... owner Frank McCourt is in a bit of a pickle. His team had a great season but he and his wife, Jamie, are very publicly separated and she apparently would like to own the baseball team instead of him, according to the Los Angles Times. Actually, both sides already claim that they are the actual owners of the club. ...
Dodgers’ Owner Fires Wife From Chief Executive Gig
The Big Lead —
... Frank McCourt is pressing ahead with the business of the team, including Tuesday’s announcement of a long-term contract extension for General Manager Ned Colletti, Jamie McCourt is believed to be lining up investors for a possible effort to buy her husband out and gain sole control of the team. In addition, she was believed to have started calling prominent baseball figures, with the intention of arranging meetings to discuss the direction of the team.” Egg-cellent. [LA Times] ...
No Manny, Mommy and Daddy Aren't Divorcing Because of You
Walkoff Walk —
... Intrigue out in Los Angeles! The McCourts are getting divorced, so Frank has taken the step of firing his soon-to-be-ex-wife. Divorce is really hard for everyone but the lawyers, but in this case, it's about to get real sloppy. Looks like Jamie isn't going down without a fight: ...
Friday Filberts
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... in the Paper of Record. * Something tells me that if this ends well for the Dodgers, it'll be a while yet. (An aside: A few years ago I heard Jamie McCourt speak to a few hundred people, and I got the distinct impression that she had no idea who she was talking to.) * You didn't see it on TV, so here's ...
McCourt To Wife : You’re Fired
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
All things considered, this is one heck of a way to take the heat off Jonathan Broxton. A week after divorce proceedings between Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and wife Jamie (above) were announced, the former has fired the latter as LA’s chief execuctive, the Times’ Bill Shaikin reports.
“Jamie is disappointed and saddened by her termination,” attorney Dennis Wasser said Thursday. “As co-owner of the Dodgers, she will address this and all other issues in the courtroom.”
Wasser would not say ...
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: the Dodgers
The Futility Infielder —
... I guess we Dodger fans shouldn't hold our breaths for such an ace. On the contrary, perhaps we should thank our lucky stars that as bad as the internecine struggle between Frank and Jamie McCourt over control of the team appears to look, it's considerably less likely to turn into the kind of fire sale that the Padres underwent in the wake of owner John Moores' divorce, at least in the near term. ...
Odds & Ends: Phillies, Dodgers, Swisher
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... After being fired as the Dodgers' team executive by her estranged husband Frank, Jamie McCourt is now seeking investors to help her buy out her husband and gain sole control of the franchise, writes Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. ...
Weekend Links: Acta, Attendace and More
The Crawfish Boxes —
... of the more interesting links and stories from the past couple of days:
Here is a nice piece on the three finalists for Cleveland's managerial job. Of interest is Manny Acta's views on a bullpen. The thing that's really interesting to me is his desire for a guy who can go multiple innings. That's unique in a world that has evolved into these specialized bullpens and makes him sort of the anti-LaRussa. Which I like immensely.
File this under, 'Reason why I'm glad Drayton is our owner'. Granted, it's a short list.
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