The Los Angeles Dodgers are slowly spiraling downward and taking a nosedive into the land of turmoil.
As if being amid third place and out of playoff contention and the relinquishing of Manny Ramirez to the Chicago White Sox wasn’t enough.
Owner Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie have taken their divorce to the Roman arena as gladiators. The prized possession: communal ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
While this battle might not result in death, it has been tumultuous to say the least and more bitter than the departure of Mannywood from the city of angels.
Frank took the stand today to testify at a downtown court. He claims that a marital agreement was signed in 2004, granting him sole ownership of his biggest property, the Dodgers and Chavez Ravine.
Jamie will not back down, however, and is fighting for ownership sparking a heated battle and another bitter divorce battle in the land of the rich and famous.
And it appears that Jamie is winning the battle. California divorce law is in her favor, providing a matriarchal campaign that has left many men baffled and forking over the dough.
According to California law, if a marriage lasts more than ten years, the wife is entitled to financial support until she gets remarried. The cost for McCourt: millions of dollars to yours truly, the ex-wifey.
According to court proceedings, McCourt failed to specify signing off his prized Chavez Ravine real estate, which his defense is calling a ‘clinical error.”
With the gladiator fight in favor of the woman, communal ownership of the Dodgers would almost certainly result in the selling of the team. Any takers? Initial interest came from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, among others.
The team is projected to be worth anywhere from 750 million to one billion dollars, and will suffer a major blow to McCourt’s major assets that dominate the big plot of land above the downtown skyline.
The last thing any Dodger fans want is the team to be owned by corporate fat cats. I would rather not see Dodger gear sporting Donald Duck or Elmer Fudd anytime soon, as much as people love “the happiest place on earth.”
And Mark Cuban. The mastermind behind the “Beat L.A.” saga? That would be a bit hypocritical of him. The same guy that compared officiating to as easy of a job as running a Dairy Queen, which he ironically owns.
Better go out and scoop some ice cream Cuban, because it will take more than your HD network and some soft served ice cream to buy out this piece of history.
In the meantime, lets just hope that this whole divorce debacle is settled when the McCourt’s reconvene trial after a two-week hiatus for prosecutors to present more evidence of non-notarized documents, and other clinical errors.
Sorry Frankie. Might have to share the love with the person you no longer love.