Part I: McCourt Ain't McFly

This blog post is the first of a series of posts on the ongoing dispute between the Dodgers and Major League Baseball. Even though this is a San Francisco Giants blog, it's just as fun enjoying the soap opera in SoCal. What's to come in this blog series (in no order): Analysis of the McCourt divorce, Conspiracy Theory on Selig's takeover, Hypothetical Bankruptcy Scenario, and I'm sure more as the story unfolds. Enjoy.

In about 1971, two bright eyed freshmen caught each other's attention and it was love at first sight. Eight years later they were standing at the altar:

I, Frank, take you Jamie, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.

For richer? I guess a couple hundred million dollars isn't enough. Little did those college freshmen know that 40 years later that would be at the helm of a professional baseball team on the verge of bankruptcy and in the middle of a nasty divorce. The McCourt family owned a real estate firm in Boston and took a particular interest in parking lots. Oh sorry, pahking lots. And yes the bums own the pahking lot where Bryan Stow was attacked. Wikipedia even lists the latitude and longitude of their Boston property - 42°21′7.81″N 71°2′42.74W Looks like a great lottery number to play. (if you do play these numbers and win let's do a McCourt and split the winnings)

Mr. McCourt accused Mrs. McCourt in divorce court of courting one of the bodyguards. Kevin Costner strikes again. This is one affair that actually makes logical sense, wouldn't you want to be as close as possible to your bodyguard? Whitney Houston doppelganger? He also said she was fired because she went with her lover (Looked up the word for a male mistress and it doesn't exist. Didn't realize how sexist the English language is.) to France and charged the team for it. Completely reasonable. He claimed to be poor and couldn't afford the divorce settlement. It's amazing how multimillionaires are always cash poor.

She said that she was fired so that her hubby could steal the second half of the Dodgers franchise. Smart move. She also claimed he was vastly understating his net worth to avoid paying her. Smart move with a caveat - don't get too aggressive or you could be facing 20 years in jail. e.g. Leonard Kyle Dykstra. Mrs. McCourt needs $1mm a month to survive. That's a lot of SpaghettiO's, she must have an incredible metabolism. Oh she has a staff of eight, now it makes sense.

I still don't know what the problem is, if I were the judge I wouldn't accept the divorce and tell them go back to the modus operandi. They are both behaving as they should. It's a dog eat dog world and you can't let your spouse get in your way.

Fact or Fiction: McCourt's removed $108.9mm in in profits from the Dodgers organization.