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Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:52 am EDT

Split-up of married Dodgers owners exposes salaries, misbehavior

By Mark J. Miller

“FrankDodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt have very publicly separated and now they are taking each other to court. Each filed suit against the other yesterday. Frank claims he's the majority owner of the team and former CEO Jamie says she shared ownership with him 50-50, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Jamie apparently made $2 million a year from the Dodgers while she says Frank was making between $5 million and $6 million. Their players must pity such poor folks.

Jamie is now asking for her job back along with monthly spousal support of $320,967. Or, if she doesn't get her job back with the team, only $487,634. That's a drop in the bucket for a couple supposedly worth $1.2 billion, according to Jamie's numbers.

She's saying that Frank has been trying to kick her out of team management since July 2008 when he apparently tried to move her office out of Dodgers Stadium. Then he apparently had her name removed from a wide variety of Dodgers printed materials.

Court papers also showed that before McCourts took over the team in 2004 after purchasing it for $431 million, it had lost a boatload of cash in the preceding years: $57 million in 2000, $85 million in 2001, $83 million in 2002, and $78 million in 2003,

Source: Los Angeles TimesNew Window

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  1. Artist formerly known as Evil Empire!
    1. Posted by Artist formerly known as Evil Empire! Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:23 am EDT

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    Let me guess...this is the Yankees fault :)
  2. Evil Empire
    2. Posted by Evil Empire Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:23 am EDT

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    She will only hurt the Dodgers. Probably not going to sign big name players and save all the money to herself so she could use it for the makeups especially she's getting OLD. Well, what do I care.
  3. str A's hooter
    3. Posted by str A's hooter Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:24 am EDT

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    Poor Walter O'Malley! He's in heaven, looking down on his old team, and sorry his son sold it to such goof-balls!
  4. Evil Empire
    4. Posted by Evil Empire Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:24 am EDT

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    Morning Artist formerly Evil Empire! LOL
  5. joe d
    5. Posted by joe d Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:43 am EDT

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    Mark Cuban, please buy the dodgers!!! I know the McCourts would rather invest in faulty real-estate than an ace pitcher. I love the Dodgers and would hate for another period like Newscorp running the show, which is ultimately what will happen if things continue their trend.
  6. Artist formerly known as Evil Empire!
    6. Posted by Artist formerly known as Evil Empire! Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:51 am EDT

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    Morning Evil - You ready for tonight
  7. Evil Empire
    7. Posted by Evil Empire Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:08 am EDT

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    Sure am...
  8. Jacks
    8. Posted by Jacks Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:10 am EDT

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    Hopefully they will have to sell the team,,, and get banished back to the east coast. Thats where money grubbing ugly slugs belong... the east coast.
  9. Jacks
    9. Posted by Jacks Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:14 am EDT

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    Hey whos the fat guy in my avatar... thats your starting slob. Its called a diet, exercise and trying mixing in a salad every now and then...
  10. Jacks
    10. Posted by Jacks Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:27 am EDT

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    Glad you guys are ready... stay loose, Joe G might need you for Long Relief.
  11. Cal Keefer
    11. Posted by Cal Keefer Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:28 am EDT

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    It sounds like she cheated on poor frank with a Dodger employee. One of the reasons Mccourt cited for firing her was acting inappropriately with a Dodger employee, This employee has since been fired
  12. Jacks
    12. Posted by Jacks Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:36 am EDT

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    She would only lay down with money and who would touch that... this isnt the east coast, people have standards.
  13. KFD07
    13. Posted by KFD07 Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:07 am EDT

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    This lady is out of her mind! I truly hope this greedy witch gets what she really deserves.... nothing! The fact that she is trying to play it all out in the media while Mr. McCourt stands bye shows how desparate and money hungry she is!
  14. philsphanwest
    14. Posted by philsphanwest Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:53 am EDT

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    Artist #1: The Yankees are only INdirectly responsibly for THIS situation. ;-)
    Seriously though for a moment... Certainly if they didn't before now, the Dodgers must realize that they need to sign a front-of-the-rotation starting pitcher this off-season. The best guy out in FA, right down the freeway, is John Lackey. It's a perfect fit, because the Dodgers have the players to be right back up at the top of the NL next year, so Lackey would move from one contender to another; the Dodgers are dropping a lot of salary from the books this off-season and can afford him; Lackey doesn't have to even relocate, and moving to the NL should help his statistics. So, here's the question -- who does Ned Colletti go to in order to get approval to spend the money? A Lackey deal would probably be in the $75 million range. The way the McCourts are fighting over everything, it's doubtful that if one endorses the move, the other one will too. And Colletti doesn't want to risk his job siding with one while waiting to find out which one will ultimately be his boss.
  15. str A's hooter
    15. Posted by str A's hooter Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:30 pm EDT

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    Collette is walking on thin ice, right now, philsphan. Its sad to see an organization like the Dodgers go down the tubes over a martial spat.
    It would be nice if they could settle peacefully out of court. If they can't do that, they shouldn't be running a baseball team.
  16. davfied
    16. Posted by davfied Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:33 pm EDT

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    Morning Gentlemen. You too Jacks!!!!!
    Artist, Everything that goes wrong in baseball & the world is the fault of the 40 time AL Champion, 26 time (soon 27) World Champion Yankees. I feel that all things are in proper order in the AL now & will soon be in baseball.
    Jacks,
    How about that wager?
  17. Jacks
    17. Posted by Jacks Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:40 pm EDT

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    Ok Davi... wadda ya thinkin?
  18. DX
    18. Posted by DX Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:53 pm EDT

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    Walter O'Malley is turning in his grave!!!! I hope we get a new owner!! but someone who actually knows about the game not some corporation that will just rape the team like FOX did.
  19. philsphanwest
    19. Posted by philsphanwest Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:53 pm EDT

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    hooter #15: I agree. With the vindictiveness, venom and spite with which McCourts are going at each other, there's almost no way Ned Colletti can win. The McCourts will disagree on all personnel matters primarily because neither one wants to yield an inch by admitting to agree with the other's point of view. And if Colletti acts under Frank's instructions, and Jamie wins the team, he's out. And if Colletti acts in any way in keeping with her views, and Frank wins, he's out. What a miserable way for Ned Colletti to have to spend the winter trying to assemble a winning team for next year.
    But great news for Giants' fans. And Phillie fans to a lesser degree.
  20. Artist formerly known as Evil Empire!
    20. Posted by Artist formerly known as Evil Empire! Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:02 pm EDT

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    PPW #14 - Very interesting indeed. Talk about being between a rock and a hard place.
  21. davfied
    21. Posted by davfied Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:03 pm EDT

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    Jacks,
    How about if the Yankees win you have to use a Yankee emblem until spring training. If the Phillies win I'll use a Dodgers.
  22. scott
    22. Posted by scott Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:13 pm EDT

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    Artist, of course it the Yankees fault. I keep telling you guys, the Pearl Harbor attack, the Chicago fire, the San Franciso earthquake. $320,000 a month in alimony? Her tutu must be velvet lined. Frankie, next time get a prenup!! Don't let little Frankie do the thinking. My only hope to the Dodgers is that this doesn't turn into a soap opera.
  23. davfied
    23. Posted by davfied Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:31 pm EDT

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    scott,
    You forgot the start of WWI by assassinating Arch-Duke Ferdinand, the reason there is the HIV virus, monsoons, tsunamis, tornadoes, gridlock around L.A. and last but not least, the Washington Senators going under. Twice.
  24. earl
    24. Posted by earl Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:36 pm EDT

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    Colletti is walking on really thin ice with that three year extension he got last week...
  25. scott
    25. Posted by scott Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:53 pm EDT

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    Dav, I didn't forget, I just don't want to keep reminding Yankee fans and them all getting mad at me. They also bombed the Maine and sunk the Titanic. Maybe the midweast dustbowl. Senators and the Seattle Pilots.

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