How is it that baseball didn't expect Frank McCourt to file Chapter 11? Bud Selig made an egregious blunder when he allowed Fox to sell the Dodgers to McCourt. He might have added to it when he shied away from staging a hostile takeover. But this would have gone strictly against precedent for a league known for sticking to the old ways of doing things, even at a time when one of it's most glorious franchises edges near financial collapse. Full story here.
Steve Dilbeck ponders why McCourt continues to employ Steve Garvey while the latter assembles a group to purchase the Dodgers? It's a a mystery that "rates slightly behind Charlie Sheen taking steroids for a baseball movie." Full story here.
The other potential suitor is a Dodger Stadium fixture too. Unlike Garv, he pays a small ransom to be be there. With an impressive list of credentials that includes a coaching stint with the San Fernando Orioles, you better believe Dennis Gilbert warrants serious consideration. Full story here.
At the risk of offending Juan Banda and Farmer John and perhaps even getting my head caved in, I know a lot of people — Dodger fans among them — who would rather eat their own feces than eat the current incarnation of the Dodger Dog. They sure don't look or taste like the O'Malley's used to make them. TMZ has the full story.
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is still confident that Giovanni Ramirez is the prime suspect in the case of Bryan Stow beating, but that confidence seems to be waning, reports Eric Leonard of KFI.
Beck admitted yesterday that the investigation can go either way: "We go where the case takes. . . If it leads to a conviction, if it leads to exoneration, wherever it leads, we will follow the case."
This is a different cry from a month ago when Beck affirmed that the man in custody was "absolutely" the right man.
Ramirez has been in custody since May 22, and so far no formal charges have been filed against him.
ESPN LA's Tony Jackson blisters Frank McCourt for stealing the spotlight from Clayton Kershaw and his two-hit, complete-game shutout against the Detroit Tigers Monday night:
"So, I now write directly to Frank to just please go away and leave us all alone. And, most importantly, leave this once-proud franchise alone. Forever. Because the next time one of your pitchers goes out and paints a masterpiece like this, the story needs to be that masterpiece. Not some letter you got from the commissioner and what it means, and how long it might take to mean what it's going to mean."
I was at this game and the discussion around me was about Bud Selig's decision to reject the FOX TV deal and what a scumbag McCourt is.
If you were too consumed with off-the-field events to enjoy Kershaw's mastery of the Tigers, MLB.com gives you all eleven strikeouts for your viewing pleasure:
