Frank McCourt finally has his chance! The chance he’s claimed he wanted all along!

(Frankie: Don’t hate the player, hate the game!)

A Manny Ramirez sign elevates the Dodgers to back where they belong, among the elite in MLB. Since he bought the team early this decade McCourt has been saying that’s where the Dodgers should be. Well Frankie baby, it’s all teed up for you.

The Dodgers, playing in the #2 market in front of FOUR MILLION DAMN FANS annually are operated like the Colorado Rockies. I wish I could say that McCourt has operated the team like an elite MLB franchise. Or at least like the Detroit Tigers (market #11) or maybe even the Red Sox (market #10). But I can’t.

The Dodgers’ payroll is only 8th-highest in MLB and the club features a laughingstock of a general manager in Ned Colletti. So how did the McCourt-led Dodgers win a playoff series and reinvigorate interest in the team in SoCal?

Uh, they didn’t. The Red Sox did. Read more…