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truebluela.com - 25 days ago

My Dodgers Top 200 "Prospect" Ranking

— truebluela.com — Welcome to the most comprehensive analysis of the Dodgers minor league system.  For the next few months,... I am going to provide a summary of every player in the Dodgers minor league system who meets the following qualifications:  (1) ... (more) My Dodgers Top 200 "Prospect" Ranking

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latimes.com - 27 days ago

McCourt's divorce will put Dodgers in an inevitable retreat

— latimes.com — Frank and Jamie haven't been shy about rewarding themselves or asking fans to pay a premium for... the product, but how will there be any positive returns under these circumstances? >  ... (more) McCourt's divorce will put Dodgers in an inevitable retreat

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bases.nbcsports.com - 26 days ago

The McCourts go to court

— bases.nbcsports.com — For those of you who think that tooth-and-nail competition ended with Victorino's groundout last night, you couldn't... be more wrong. The McCourts will have the first of what are sure to be many offseason hearings in there divorce battle cum power... (more) The McCourts go to court

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The McCourt divorce: messier than you could possibly imagine
The Hardball Times — I may dabble, but Josh Fisher is the go-to source for all of your McCourtly goodness. Today, Josh talks about just how much of a clusterf*ck the Dodgers' sale was, and why it will make the McCourt divorce an even bigger hassle than most of us currently realize: ...

DodgersDivorce.com: How the McCourts came to own the Dodgers.
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — DodgersDivorce.com: How the McCourts came to own the Dodgers. Under the terms of the agreement, Fox was also obligated to kick in rebates of $50 million over the first two years of the financing, effectively reducing the purchase price to $371 million. So, if you’re counting at home, the above adds up to $421 million in financing...for a $371 million purchase. That, friends, is a little scary. And there’s more. In May 2005, McCourt announced a new, $250 million 25-year note which took out B of A and what remained of the debt to Fox (after the foreclosure on the Boston ...

Waking Up From My Torpor: A New Juicy Blog, Dodger Divorce
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — ... . Early on, blogger Joshua Fisher takes a peek at how the McCourts came to own the Dodgers and why this is going to be such a terrible mess to unwind. Excerpt: ...

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ESPN Feed: neyer rob — ... (or whoever) from stealing second and third base when the third baseman is extremely shifted, and has to cover second? * Another useful guide to how the other have lives (and buys a baseball franchise). * Johnny Damon's one-man double steal? It wasn't just the greatest play in World Series history. It was ...

Astros Link-Fest: Fresh off the Hot Stove
The Crawfish Boxes — ... . Isn't that nice? For more coverage of this crazy, crazy case (including a very interesting post on how the McCourts purchased and financed the team), there's a blog devoted specifically to the case: Dodger Divorce: How the McCourts came to own the Dodgers. ...

Frank McCourt pleads poverty. Relatively speaking.
Circling The Bases — ... his wife, who filed for divorce last month. He said the Dodgers don't pay any of his personal expenses. Jamie McCourt's lawyer says that's "baloney" and says that Frank should "be ashamed of himself" for pleading poverty like this. I think the truth is somewhere in between. Even if you believe Jamie McCourt's previous filings which seek to paint the couple as loaded (and her as entitled to much of that wealth) they also show severe indebtedness. Indeed, the McCourt's whole empire, the Dodgers included , is based on leverage, much of it tied up in homes that aren't likely ...