Comments on: Friday is the McCourts’ last chance to avoid Dodgerpocalypse

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:31:27 +0000

I didn’t need to drag it. It levitated.

By: schlom

schlom — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000

Jamie should have used a Shake Weight as I’m sure an Old Fashioned would have helped out:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/360892/a-nice-ol-fashioned

By: seattlej

seattlej — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:08:15 +0000

Way to drag politics into a baseball discussion.

By: ta192

ta192 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:44:49 +0000

You gotta catch’em, kill’em, and cook’em before you can eat’em…

By: apbaguy

apbaguy — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:16:08 +0000

This does have great entertainment value, especially as wealth has concentrated in the upper 1% to a greater degree than at any time since the 1890′s. All of us not in that top 1% can be entertained by the agony and fall of the those in that select group. I imagine this is how people in banana republics felt, before top-tier wealth concentration became less than in the US. In any event, those two strike me as being too out of touch with not getting their way to accept a mere mediator’s recommendation. I see this one going the distance: trial, appeals, full mileage for attorney’s fees. Great stuff. Eat the rich!

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:02:42 +0000

Technically the best thing that could happen is the Judge finds the post nup to be invalid and the team has to be liquidated to the highest bidder. The Dodgers??? woo wee, that could bring some bucks. Mark Cuban is sporting a chub thinking about it.

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:24:09 +0000

That’s what I’ve been hoping for: a nice C/A-Hole reconciliation.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:52:15 +0000

Am I wrong to think She’s a Lying “C” word and he’s just a plain “A” hole? These two are perfect for eachother..

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:50:29 +0000

Hey there, Trent Reznor. How’s it going? I see you’re breaking into the Rap scene now. I have a friend going through a divorce, I was shocked at just how ugly these things get. It seems to go beyond the mere splitting up of equity and proceeds, it many times becomes who can EFF over who better. And that’s just sad. And painful. Anyway perfect “Divorce Rap song” there gator.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:18:29 +0000

Yeah, when this was signed, the Dodgers were thought to be struggling on cash flow and real estate was the most lucrative, high-yield investment imaginable. Both of those things have changed, as Frank has actually done a good job in boosting Dodger revenues, while the market for sixth houses in Aspen has suffered a tad.

By: BC

BC — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:15:09 +0000

How funny would it be if Mark Cuban showed up at the divorce proceedings with a bank check for $750 million and said, “Hi guys, thought I might be able to help sort this out?”

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:12:45 +0000

Anything that forces Divorce McCourt to sell is good by me. Get Mark Cuban a team.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:11:26 +0000

IIRC, she wanted the property because she viewed that as the safer investment. Oops.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:09:56 +0000

Between McCourt’s management of the Bums and Obama’s management of the economy, yeah, I think it’s likely that their equivalency of value will be maintained….

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:03:53 +0000

Quick question, and while I’m not a lawyer I play one on TV, was the deal that Frank kept the Dodgers and Jamie got all the real estate, sort of a one for one deal? If the post-nup falls through, while Jamie would have 50% claim to the dodgers, wouldn’t Frank also have a 50% claim to the real estate? So if Jamie just wants the property, might it benefit her to give up the Dodgers? are the two items of an equivalent value?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:57:35 +0000

Oh it is real. It is the only real thing.
Pain. So let us name the truth, like men.
We are born to joy so that joy may become pain.
We are born to hope that hope may become pain.
We are born to love that love may become pain.
We are born to pain so that pain may become more
Pain, and from that inexhaustible superflux
We may give others pain as our primary definition.

Robert Penn Warren (who apologizes for the unseemly enjambment in line 6)