In a perfect world, you'd like to think he'll walk away-
He'll realize the chips are stacked high against him, he'll sell the team and walk away.
It's not going to happen. The Dodgers (read Frank McCourt) filing for bankruptcy proves this will be a long drawn-out war.
McCourt made his money being a scrappy east-coast huckster. It wasn't pure luck that he talked his way into owning the Dodgers. You can blame bonehead logic on Bud Selig's part, and FOX was so anxious to get rid of the team, the mailroom guy could've bought it, but McCourt deserves credit for out-foxing his highest bidders.
Now, with his empire falling around him, McCourt views this as his Stalingrad, and he will throw everything he has into it. This is what little legacy he has left, and he will hold onto it.
It does not matter that there is no TV deal riding in like Clint Eastwood to save him. Despite a bit of support from the Los Angeles Latino community, Los Angeles wants him out. The media wants him out, the owners want him out and Selig wants him out.
No matter. he will fight to the end on this one, holding the team and the stadium hostage. It is his right.
The fans will lose, enduring at least another season of not just mediocrity, but mediocrity with its hands tied.
Make no mistake. McCourt is digging in and will stop at nothing to bring down or at least slow the eventual full takeover by the MLB.
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