Category — Frank McCourt
In Court: McCourt Vs. McCourt
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Dodger fans would win big if a judge forces the McCourts to sell the club. Obviously, the worst-case scenario would be if either Frank McCourt or Jamie are awarded control of the Dodgers. Oh doctor. No one even wants to imagine that, particularly Bud Selig and Major League Baseball owners. This is the same group that doesn’t want Mark Cuban in their little clubhouse.
The McCourt proceedings start today, but they surely will be drawn out past the playoffs, World Series, etc.
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August 30, 2010 No Comments
Please, Don’t Insult Our Intelligence
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Where is Bill Cizek when you need him?
The Matt Kemp situation just freaking rubs me raw. The double standard clueless Joe Torre continues to employ is the biggest disgrace in baseball. If Kemp is such a thorn in the Dodgers’ sorry ass, why didn’t they trade him? Lord knows Reed Johnson, Jay Gibbons and their ilk could have filled Kemp’s shoes.
Kemp leads the Dodgers in home runs (19) and runs (63) and is 2nd in RBIs (67) and stolen bases (16) despite his gaffes on the base paths.
He also leads the Dodgers in total bases (202), and with the exception of Andre Ethier (191) and James Loney (182), no one is even in the ballpark. Granted, he’s having an off year, but what about the rest of the club? See any career years from anyone else?
So what gives? Why does Torre bench Kemp, but doesn’t dole out the same punishment with non-hitting players like Casey Blake? And why oh why does the L.A. media continue to blame Kemp for the Dodgers’ woes? They blow a 7-run lead and lose to the Phillies Thursday night, and again, they blame Kemp? It’s an absolute joke.
From Bill Plaschke: “Kemp returned to the lineup Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies after being benched for 2 days, and he was the usual maddening Kemp. In the Dodgers’ devastating 10-9 loss, he helped the team to a 7-run lead with a 2-run homer in the 7th inning. But 1 inning later, he perhaps cost them a 10th run when he stood at the plate on a blooper down the right field line that he inexplicably didn’t see. The ball fell inside the foul line, and a surprised Kemp was barely able to turn a double into a single.”
Maddening Kemp? Dude, you watching the same game? Granted, Kemp lost the ball after hitting it (happens to the best of them), but there was no way, even with his speed, he could have turned that bloop into a double without getting thrown out at 2nd. Oh, and if you were watching the same game, Kemp made a heads up play by racing to 3rd on another bloop, but failed to score because, you guessed it, one of his lame-ass hitting teammates failed to drive him in.
Kemp went 3 for 5 and drove in 4 of the Dodgers’ 9 runs.
Further, Loney and Ethier stranded 10 runners on base. Maybe if just 1 of those could have been that 10th or 11th run that Kemp supposedly cost them, we might have been sipping Goose and tonic up in the club.
Clueless Joe is like a drunk at the bar. He serves up this gem, when ESPN’s Tony Jackson (and Jackson, we might add, doesn’t seem to have a clue either sometimes) asked him how well he knows Kemp: “That’s a good question. I try to have a sense for what he is dealing with, but I can’t tell you if I’m right or not. As I say, he doesn’t really give you a lot. He is very quiet, and he doesn’t say a whole lot. He kids around a lot with the other players, and he is very comfortable in that environment.”
The double standard has existed all season and not long after Torre arrived as manager. For all the times Torre has benched Kemp, never has he benched Blake, who has only 12 homers and 47 RBIs, or the light-hitting Russell Martin before he got hurt. Martin could have used some days off, particularly as overworked as he was, hitting below .250 with only 5 home runs and 26 RBIs before suffering a season-ending injury. But that was Torre’s boy.
Jonathan Broxton? Again, the double standard applies.
Manny? Have you seen her? Since Ned Colletti whined about the money (Kemp is making just over $5 million per year) Kemp was getting paid earlier this year, you’ll never hear the GM, who once work for the same doorknobs who employ Plaschke, whine about Ramirez cashing checks for $25 million this season with little production. He’s played in only 61 games. His stats: 8 homers and 39 RBIs.
Oh, and isn’t he the same tool busted for hormone drugs last season, forcing him to miss 50 games due to a suspension, let alone the other times he came up lame? Again, have you seen her?
There are plenty of reasons the Dodgers won’t make the playoffs this season, but the fault doesn’t lie at Kemp’s feet. The leadership is among the worst in baseball. It falls in Torre’s lap, Colletti’s and do we need to remind you of the train wreck known as Frank McCourt?
Place the blame of this fiasco where you want, but Matt Kemp isn’t the only source of it.
August 13, 2010 No Comments
Divorce Court Could Be Break Dodgers Need
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So who’s the brunette Michael Jackson lookalike?
While the Dodgers were making a deal for Scott Podsednik (You want to explain that one Ned Colletti?), the Padres, who have a payroll of $38 million, were laying the groundwork for shortstop Miguel Tejada. Granted, Tejada isn’t what he used to be, but he still gives the NL West-leading Padres a decent bat considering the weak-hitting Everth Cabrera is the alternative. And the Padres already have the best pitching the NL, so another bat surely doesn’t hurt.
So what in the name of the bankrupt Texas Rangers, who continue to wheel and deal, is going on with the Dodgers? Nothing, unless you want to count Podsednik. The McCourts have ruined any chance of the club obtaining any big-name talent, particularly with the offense going south, as it did in San Diego, where the Dodgers dropped 2 of 3. Shame, shame, shame.
The only good that might come of this is the overrated Joe Torre is probably out the door. Now if the club could part ways with train wreck Ned, the Dodgers might have something to work with.
Like a lot of folks, we’re hoping the judge in their divorce case forces the couple to sell the club. Major League Baseball probably does too. That’s the least Dodger fans deserve.
July 30, 2010 No Comments
He’ll Pay Her More Than Matt Kemp, But Just To Be Frank, She’s Had A Better Year So Far
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Speaking of Gold Gloves and steals…
I guess there goes any coin to spend on pitching, something the Dodgers could desperately use. Instead, Frank McCourt will have to pay his estranged wife Jamie $637,000 per month in support. Since the order is retroactive to last December, Frank will have pay her $2.8 million.
Actually, that’s a break for him. She wanted Juan Pierre money, requesting about $1 million per month.
TMZ
May 7, 2010 No Comments
Where Is The Love?
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We’re pointing at you Dodger fans. Make a statement and tell your lame-ass owner “we’re not going to take it anymore.”
As one fan astutely pointed out, L.A. is broke, so you’d think it would figure out a better way to redirect some of its resources. But that isn’t the L.A. way? If its broke, don’t fix it. The city’s mayor, once a shining star, but now someone who has trouble tying his shoes each morning, and the City Council are as clueless as they come. Proof is the city wasting valuable resources and sending out hard-nosed cops to harass Dodger fans tailgating. On Opening Day? What’s wrong with this picture? Whatever happened to fun at the old ballpark?
Unfortunately, Dodger fans are suckers for anything Frank McCourt, one of the worst owners in sports, shoves down their throats. Seriously, if Dodger fans had any backbone, they’d make a statement by staying home in droves until Frank got the message. Money talks.
L.A. Times
April 13, 2010 No Comments
She Wants A Little More Than Gagne
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What is she describing here?
The sparring between Frank McCourt and his estranged wife Jamie resumed with more than 1,400 pages of court filings this week by Ms. McCourt. She wants almost $1 million per month in support, saying her husband is sandbagging about the amount of money he makes and his worth. If you’re a Dodger fan, that worth is questionable at best. Jamey Carroll. Russ Ortiz. Eric Gagne. Ramon Ortiz. Do you see a pattern here?
The documents also reveal that Frank McCourt is looking to launch a Dodger cable network by 2014. Football is on his plate too, dreaming of adding a football stadium next door to Dodger Stadium. He’ll need a little money for that, no? Any crackhead will tell you that’s a pipe dream.
Anyway, open warfare and the McCourts.
L.A. Times
February 19, 2010 No Comments
