Comments on: The Dodgers are the kids in a custody battle

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By: george

george — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:40:59 +0000

There is no divorce filing yet. When/if there is, there can be a status quo order put in place, perhaps. Or maybe there can be a TRO to sustain Jamie’s position. Not an attorney but been subject to a screw over.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:26:39 +0000

Great idea! Then he could make more trades like Paul Konerko for Jeff Shaw, without realizing that Shaw could opt out of his contract. Or Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields.
Tommy promotes Tommy.

By: erin

erin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:37:38 +0000

Well, CD did say in one post: …take it from an old man…. It really doesn’t matter because some women are marriage phobic also. Anger, bitterness, and fear are human emotions.

By: Luvheat

Luvheat — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:53:28 +0000

How do you know CD is a guy?

By: Robert Markowitz

Robert Markowitz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:44:29 +0000

You know, I can’t afford the price of a TICKET! I used to go to Dodger games for $2.50. The peanuts cost triple that now. It’s a family tragedy, but these folks have more money than they could possibly spend in a hundred lifetimes. The hell with them both! Professional sports is dying. It just doesn’t know it yet….

By: NRESQ

NRESQ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:43:08 +0000

Whoa! I was with ya there Roger until you mentioned Lasorda. That’s the guy who dumped Pedro Martinez just as he was becoming the most dominant pitcher in baseball for several years. He’s certainly a true Dodger fan, and a passable cheerleader-type manager, but he proved time and again he’s no good at evaluating talent or running the business.

By: boxerdog4141

boxerdog4141 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:42:26 +0000

Ya you should be unlucky enough to have to split a baseball team!
They should be happy the Phillies ended there season. Imagine the problems if they won the world series!! GO PHILS!!!

By: Lou Brown

Lou Brown — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:41:08 +0000

I know, she wants to make the team suck sooo bad, she can get out of the contract and move it to Boca Raton…
Seriously, considering how bad the last few owners have been, maybe if she gets the team we might see some good players! There’s alot of great baseball players out there that could be GM’s that actually know about baseball and what a good/great player is supposed to look like!!!!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:37:03 +0000

It’s Me, you need to get ahold of a dictionary and look up the word “irony.” Then the subtleties of Ron’s post will become clear to you. I hope.

By: StMiller

StMiller — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:35:54 +0000

Education means nothing when you branch outside you’re area of training. For example, her MBA has definitely not made her any better at running a baseball team and your law degree has certainly not made you a competent writer/reporter.

By: bret hilliker

bret hilliker — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:35:00 +0000

People all over America are starving,loosing their jobs and homes and some how we are supposed to care about a sports team, their rich owners or their marital problems. Get a grip and be concerend about what is important.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:33:05 +0000

Screw em both for what they have done to “Dodger Blue”! Sell the team to Lasorda, a true fan and the team would soar.

By: StMiller

StMiller — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:32:59 +0000

So packin’ all that smarts heat why does she still suck at running the Dodgers? She’s either not as bright as all those credentials indicate or she’s a gutless chump that couldn’t even convince her husband to do things the right way for the team. Either way she has to go just like her witless ex-hubby.

By: It's Me

It's Me — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:22:22 +0000

If you are a Giants fan why would you care about the Dodgers? Unless you AREN’T a Giants fan and you are just saying that so you can be a like a double spy or some other dastardly deed.

By: erin

erin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:21:57 +0000

To Lone Wolf,
What makes you so sure that Jamie is a “trophy” wife? Maybe Frank is a “trophy” husband. Who knows. She is obviously no bimbo. Just like most divorces, it’s the “kids”–team players and staff in this case (as well as the fans)–who will suffer also.
I understand that Jamie has been a hands-on, decision-making, hard working executive who has been working at the stadium almost every day; so, she hasn’t been a “trophy” executive. Now if she was fired for incompetence or some other valid reason, that’s different.

By: NRESQ

NRESQ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:11:41 +0000

As someone who has been watching the McCourt’s closely since they got to town, I think Carolyn’s comments are right on the money!

By: The Stu Klitenic All-Stars

The Stu Klitenic All-Stars — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:44:44 +0000

Carolyn…you need to get a grip.

By: The Stu Klitenic All-Stars

The Stu Klitenic All-Stars — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:43:43 +0000

The faux outrage by internet commenters is so predictable. Are you people really this easily offended?

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:41:33 +0000

Fair enough, but I don’t see how it’s relevant. I said McCourt wasn’t a trophy wife and has some business acumen. Which is true. Doesn’t mean that she’s a great baseball owner. David Glass has business acumen and is not a trophy wife either, at least as far as I know, and he sucks at running a baseball team as well.

By: NRESQ

NRESQ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:37:04 +0000

Craig: See my comment above.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:36:01 +0000

Thats show biz.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:35:27 +0000

Thirty happy years and counting. Only problem is that at my age it’s getting harder and harder to remember our anniversary.
Anyway, a happy and long-lasting marriage is eminently do-able; the trick, I learned early on, was to give her everything she wanted and do everything she said. That’s all there is to it.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:34:41 +0000

To be fair, she’s not a trophy wife. They’ve been married for 30 years. She also has a law degree, an MBA, taught MBA level business classes, and held big corporate and legal jobs in the private sector before joining the McCourt business.
Which doesn’t mean they’re not being jackasses. They are. Just means that she has some acumen of her own.

By: Gee

Gee — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:33:16 +0000

LW:
True dat!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:25:43 +0000

Thank you Ron, your heartfelt well wishes are truely appreciated by all Dodgers fans. ; )

By: lone Wolf

lone Wolf — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:23:36 +0000

Take it from an old man CD! Keep that phobia and you will be in the long run a far happier man for it! It is easy to get it but damn hard to get rid of it!

By: NRESQ

NRESQ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:23:35 +0000

Hey True Blue:
Or are you really Jamie, or one of the kids, or Jamie’s PR flack? How do you know this stuff? Neither of the McCourt’s knows how to operate a baseball team for any reason other than to enrich themselves so they can purchase mega-bucks Southern California real estate. Rather than blow money on property, why didn’t either of them use some of the money to acquire a couple of front line pitchers? Think they could have used some pitching in the Phillies series (35 runs scored in 5 games)? That would have been the right move for someone who has allegedly wanted to own a baseball team since she was 9 years old. Bottom line–Sell the Dodgers to an ownership group that is properly funded and is more interested in putting a first class team on the field rather than making money, thereby justifying the faith (and money spent) of the 3.5M Dodger fans who purchase tickets every year. Look no further than the Angels as an example of a team that is doing it right.