Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 30, 2004
Dodger Sale

Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts has much more on the McCourt purchase of the Los Angeles National League franchise. He strikes a very cautionary tone. (Hat tip: Priorities and Frivolities)


Frank McCourt makes me feel powerless.

He could be the next great disaster for the Dodgers. Or, he could be a hidden treasure of, well, adequacy.

But how disturbing is it that after Thursday's press conference to discuss his purchase of the team, there is nothing that actually inspires confidence? Every potential positive statement made by or about McCourt had to be qualified.

Whatever the future holds, good or bad ... today, the Dodgers really seem to belong to someone else. Maybe this feeling will go away, but they don't feel like the city's team right now. They don't feel like our team.


McCourt compares his ownership to that of the Red Sox. However, the Boston ownership moved immediately (and consistently) to impress upon Red Sox fans that they were running the team for the fans. From Jon's post, McCourt failed to do this.

Also, congrats to Jon on being tapped for a radio interview about the purchase! I've believed for a while that weblogs and radio have a natural synergy, and I hope more of my fellow bloggers will be finding their way onto the airwaves soon.


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