The Los Angeles Dodgers from pitcher Rubby De La Rosa throws against the San Francisco Giants in the first round of their spring training baseball game. (Associated Press)Major League Baseball takes extraordinary and historic control step assuming a Dodgers in Los Angeles, a team increasingly paralyzed by bitter divorce of its owners.
Once among the glamour of baseball franchises, the Dodgers were consumed by infighting since Jamie McCourt filed for divorce after thirty years of marriage in October 2009, a week after her husband shot him as Chief Executive of the team. Frank McCourt charged Jamie to having a romantic relationship with her custody of the body-driver and the evil at work exercise.
The baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Frank McCourt that he will appoint a trustee to oversee all aspects of the company and the day-to-day operations of the club. Frank McCourt, however, retained Sullivan & Cromwell and was preparing to continue the MLB, a ball of baseball Executive familiar with the situation told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because McCourt had not made the statements.
I took this action because of my deep concerns about finance and operations of the Dodgers and protect the interest of the club,"Selig said Wednesday in a news release.
A person familiar with the thinking of the Selig, said that the Commissioner can choose to sales force. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Declaration of the Selig did not mention that.
"It is one of the major franchises." "It is difficult to imagine a mess like this never happened", said former Commissioner Fay Vincent. "It's a very sad situation." I feel very bad for baseball, and Bud. ?
Selig said that he will appoint his representative in a few days. Former Braves of Atlanta and the Nationals of Washington General Manager Stan Kasten is a possible candidate, the person familiar with the thinking of the Selig said. Reached by telephone, Kasten declined comment.
In December, judge of the superior court Scott Gordon in Los Angeles has invalidated a post-nuptial agreement giving Frank McCourt sole owner of the team, in March 2004 for Jamie to seek one half of the franchise.
Relocation of the Selig came after the Los Angeles Times reported this week that Frank McCourt has organized a loan of 30 million US of Fox, partner of the television team. Selig has not approved a loan of $ 200 million of Fox for the club, which has been proposed by the Dodgers last summer, and the Times said that the money was needed to make payroll.
"As the owner of 50 per cent of the Los Angeles Dodgers, I welcome and support actions of the Commissioner to ensure the necessary transparency, advice and guidelines for the franchise and Dodgers fans everywhere in the world,"Jamie McCourt said in a statement.""
Baseball officials couldn't recall another instance in the modern era, in which the Commissioner has taken control of a team of its owner. Before that Tom Hicks sold the Rangers last year, Selig named MLB Executive John McHale Jr. to monitor the Rangers but technically left Hicks in charge of the franchise, while McHale has worked behind the scenes.
Even when the suspension of George Steinbrenner of the Yankees in 1990 and by forcing the margin Schott to sell its majority stake in the Cincinnati Reds in 1999, the Office allowed the owners to choose their successors as the majority owner.
The Dodgers have not won the world series since 1988, the longest dry franchise since won his first title as the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955.
"I congratulate the Commissioner Bud Selig wrestling control of Dodgers and bring integrity back to the game of baseball", the Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich said. "I hope that the Commissioner appoints a representative of the family of O'Malley to supervise the business affairs of the investigation team - a return to the family of the O'Malley at the Dodgers would be a home run for the fans and the Dodgers.".
Los Angeles was purchased by the McCourts of Fox, a subsidiary of News Corp. Rupert Murdoch, $ 430 million in 2004. Payroll fell in 2010 and 2011. Although nearly 104 million dollars the Dodgers were 12th in the major leagues on the opening day.
"My Office will continue its in-depth investigation into the operations and finances of the Dodgers and related entities during the period of the property of Mr. McCourt," Selig said. "The Dodgers have been one of the most prestigious franchises in all sports, and we owe it to their legion of loyal fans to ensure that this club is now properly managed and will be guided properly in the future."
Relocation of the Selig could be seen by some as a precedent should the New York Mets have additional financial difficulties. With the owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, under the pressure of a prosecution related to the Bernard Madoff swindle, the borrowed dishes $ 25 million year last of the major League Baseball. Unlike the McCourts, the Wilpon is a friend for a long time of Selig.
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