Comments on: Frank McCourt agrees to sell Dodgers

By: Jeff M.

Jeff M. — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:25:34 +0000

That’s a GREAT idea! Cause the Yankees and the Mets probably wouldn’t mind sharing their market with a third team, and Brooklyn is just dying for a team that moved away to come back more than 50 years later.

Sheesh. How come people don’t harass the Giants to move back to New York?

By: mondzy805

mondzy805 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:32:14 +0000

Thank you Lord. I do believe. Go Blue.

By: sultanofstats

sultanofstats — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:35:12 +0000

Jamie McCourt gets what, $131M. Does anyone know if she’s seeing anyone?

By: SmackSaw

SmackSaw — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:00:16 +0000

Steve Garvey is a scumbag. I’m a Dodger fan.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:26:52 +0000

I was thinking that with one good rainfall you would be rid of it.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:07:38 +0000

No no no you got it wrong the man is scum and grime not soap!

By: Jeff M.

Jeff M. — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:56:34 +0000

McCourt was lucky enough to have the solid core of Kemp, Kershaw, Broxton, and Loney already coming up when he bought the team. These successes are directly attributable to his predecessors.
After he bought the Dodgers, he slashed the scouting budget. It may take the Dodgers some time to get back to where they were before the McCourt regime.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:14:27 +0000

Inflation in general, proliferation of RSNs and TV mega-contracts in conjunction with proximity to the end of the Dodgers current TV contract.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:05:45 +0000

They ought to put up a statue of McCourt in front of the stadium made out of soap.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:40:46 +0000

Why are you assuming that Steve Garvey would be an upgrade from from the McCourts?
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/09/local/me-garvey9

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:38:18 +0000

Um, where do you think tax cuts for the wealthy go?

By: SmackSaw

SmackSaw — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:10:44 +0000

Maybe you can’t afford a billion. There are plenty of conglomerates that will leap at the chance. The Dodgers are a money machine. McCourt was broke when he “bought” them, now he stands to make millions.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:59:59 +0000

Ok, keep them coming folks. We’re not even half way to that extra 576 million in value escalation over the last 6 seasons yet…..

By: Chris St. John

Chris St. John — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:47:24 +0000

Personal issues aside, I split up the Dodgers team winning percentage by owner era. The team doesn’t look too bad under McCourt: http://stealofhome.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/frank-mccourt-selling-the-dodgers-team-winning-percentage-by-owner-era/

By: anythingbutyanks

anythingbutyanks — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:44:45 +0000

Because MLB is worth more now than in 2005, with better profits and a stronger following.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:21:27 +0000

With a prudent businessman at the helm, the Dodgers should be incredibly stable, especially if that businessman is well-capitalized enough to launch his/her own RSN. Does anybody SoCal-based know if any of the other local professional teams have soon-ending TV contracts to pair up with a Dodgers RSN and if the Pac-12 Network is actually its own channel (like the Big Ten Network) or if it uses affiliates the same way the SEC Network does?

By: badmamainphilliesjamas

badmamainphilliesjamas — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:49:32 +0000

Valuation of sports franchises is a fairly murky business, probably as much art as science. It’s likely a mix of hard assets and future income streams…and what the market will bear.

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:42:14 +0000

Good old boys network. Ugh, edit function pls.

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:41:16 +0000

The word auction here is the most interesting. It makes me think anyone with the money can buy the team even if they don’t meet selig’s personal of boys network approval?

By: RedHeadedBastard

RedHeadedBastard — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:30:35 +0000

He should sell the tam back to Brooklyn.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:54:19 +0000

Because the economy has only been bad for people that work for a living, rich people are far richer than they were 6 years ago (that happens when you can buy the votes necessary to continue to game the system and extract profits without providing any service or value), meaning that more of them can afford to buy things like sports team, which should drive up the price….and this is a rich person purchase.

By: xmatt0926x

xmatt0926x — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:46:25 +0000

He’ll get the Billion dollars. People that can afford drop a billion dollars know just how to work the bad economy and have probably only gotten richer. Things like a bad economy only affect the other 99.9% of the worlds people.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:45:17 +0000

Ok, so in 2005 (when we were at the top of home/ property values) The Dodgers was worth 424 million dollars.
http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/33/2005/LIR.jhtml?passListId=33&passYear=2005&passListType=Misc&uniqueId=338671&datatype=Misc

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY HOW THIS TEAM IS WORTH 1 BILLION DOLLARS TODAY? This sounds like a whole bunch of bullshit and wishful thinking to me. After this dirty dealer gets done with the team and the economy as it is, it’s more than doubled in value in six short years? I highly doubt it.

By: pellypell

pellypell — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:44:54 +0000

Today’s economy has more billionaires now than 2004(year in which McCourt bought the Dodgers)

2004: 587
2011: 1,210

He will find a suitor.

By: lookatthefarside

lookatthefarside — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:41:09 +0000

Finally!

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:14:55 +0000

The Wilpons don’t have any money, considering their debts….they are probably poorer than I am.

By: dormied9027

dormied9027 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:13:20 +0000

Mark Cuban would be great! I understand Steve Garvey and his group are in the running!

By: rambodiaz

rambodiaz — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:09:44 +0000

And now, we hope that one of the finest franchises in the history of MLB can rise from the ashes. What an embarrassment this has been.

By: 4d3fect

4d3fect — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Ding dong the witch is dead…

By: henryd3rd

henryd3rd — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:37:30 +0000

In these difficult time where does one go to to get financing for a billion dollar franchise? Even Mark Cuban would have trouble pulling that kind of “scratch out of his slide”! Most prudent business men would want to invest their billions in something more stable then the Dodgers. McCourt and company have run the franchise into the ground. Hopefully Bud and company will do a much better job of due diligence when vetting the future prospects? Used car salesmen, parking lot moguls, media magnets and ship builders need not apply.