Court Deals Yet Another Blow to McCourt Ownership
September 30, 2011 at 12:44 pm | Posted in Bud Selig, Frank McCourt | 18 CommentsAfter what seems to have been weeks of inactivity on the McCourt / MLB front, Bill Shaikin drops in with some concrete news, which I will display in a series of tweets even though I know that by waiting 20 minutes or so, I could just link to the inevitable LA Times article.
Bankruptcy court sets key
#Dodgers hearing Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 4. “The Court expects the Commissioner and Mr. McCourt to testify in person.”
That’s Halloween, of course. Selig will come dressed as a Stormtrooper, while expect McCourt to appear as Robin Hood. Oh, not because he wants to appear generous to those less fortunate, of course. He just likes the feel of the green tights.
Gross: “The Court will not permit [Dodgers] to take discovery into or of other baseball clubs. These cases are about the Dodgers.”
This is a big blow for McCourt, given the recent suggestion that he may try to drag the Marlins and the rest of MLB into this mess. No better way to try to deflect criticism of your own mess than to use the tried-and-true defense of every five-year-old, “but DAD! He did it too!”
BOTTOM LINE: McCourt: Selig has double standard in treatment of
#Dodgers vs Mets, Marlins, etc. Gross: Other clubs not relevant.
BOTTOM LINE: McCourt: “Hey, an enormously huge part of my case rests on this one idea.” Court: “Get bent.”
Gross wants key issue resolved soon so
#Dodgers can “utilize the approaching off season to prepare for the 2012 season.”
No. No, no, no. Don’t get sucked in by this, because I know it sounds lovely. As you’ll see in the next tweet, this is just about whether MLB has the right to be rid of McCourt if they choose to be. That does not mean that there would be any sort of new owner in place in time for this offseason, and if anything the finances could be even more of a mess.
If court schedule holds, we could have answer in early November about whether McCourt can hold onto
#Dodgers or MLB can kick him out.
So tempting to be excited about this. Then we remember that McCourt almost certainly has about 27 more appeals lined up to last decades. Still, this is progress – and very, very bad news for Frank McCourt, which certainly brightens my day.
Forget Matt Kemp, as Jon Heyman appears to have already done. Bill Shaikin, MVP.
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The sharks are circling. Jamie also filed a motion to oppose Frank’s attempt to sell the tv rights.
Comment by Eephus Blue— September 30, 2011 #
I’m with you MSTI. No matter what is said, I have no optimism that this will be close to settled any time soon. Any projection I try to figure about the upcoming off-season comes with McCourt involved for at least most of the calendar year 2012. Maybe by the time next year’s off-season comes….maybe, but even that seems optimistic.
If we know anything about this country in 2011, if you want to drag out something in a legal manner, there are tons of ways to do it, and McCourt may not know much, but he knows how to do that.
Comment by ceyheyjay— September 30, 2011 #
Jon Heyman is a TOOL. There, I said it. His arguments/points about Braun and Fielder being more deserving than Kemp of the MVP are WEAK! WEAK I tell you. Read them, there are no points at all that back up his case. Rrrr, sorry, didn’t mean to detract from your blog. Great post and update, thanks. Just needed to vent.
Comment by Miguel Salcido (@miguelsalcido)— September 30, 2011 #
Can’t you read? He had 33 steals and 33 home runs and that’s symmetrical. Don’t you realize that is all anyone needs to do to win an MVP award?
As Lou Holtz once said about Heisman Trophy voters in 1997, the problem with Jon Heyman is that he can breed.
Comment by ceyheyjay— September 30, 2011 #
Actually, Heyman made an excellent case……for Kemp.
Comment by ceyheyjay— September 30, 2011 #
For a responsible journalist, Heyman made the most ridiculous statement ever, and as Jay said, an excellent case for KeMVP. Heyman said:
“3. Matt Kemp, Dodgers. He came close to the Triple Crown, leading the league with 39 home runs and 126 RBIs while falling 13 points short with his .324 batting average despite playing in a pitchers’ park with virtually no lineup protection (he was intentionally walked 24 times). Throw in 40 stolen bases in 51 attempts plus above average defense in centerfield and it’s fair to say he was the league’s best player. But the question will be: How much better was he than Braun and Fielder?”
Dammit! So, he’s admitting KeMVP was better than his 1&2, just can quantify by how much, yet he ranks him third. Matt is KeMVP! Plain and simple, if you have a brain! Oh yeah, and he might also add KeMVP led the league in runs scored with the likes of Uribe, Miles, and four months of LoneySucks behind him.
Comment by SamAdams— September 30, 2011 #
That was my thought exactly. He says Kemp is the the league’s best player, but ranks him 3rd? How does that work exactly?
Comment by Brian Stuart— October 1, 2011 #
Random thought: what are the odds Ned blows all out spending money on Jonathan Paplebon? He wants veteran reliever and doesn’t really care if we have an useable prospect to fill the role. Only downside is he’s not an ex-Giant.
Comment by Brandon— September 30, 2011 #
He’ll arrange a trade. Papelbon to the Giants for Wilson. Once he’s a Giant, he’ll trade Kemp to SF for Papelbon and throw in Miles as an extra.
Comment by Bill Grabarkewitz— September 30, 2011 #
Well, he *claims* he won’t go get a closer, so… hopefully he sticks to that.
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— September 30, 2011 #
Yeah, but Ned’s the kind of guy you send to the store for milk and he’ll come home with a Zune. He never knows what he’s gonna buy until he buys it.
Comment by Josh S.— September 30, 2011 #
A first generation Zune…
Comment by ThtsaPaddlin— September 30, 2011 #
With faulty wiring that his tech guy insists won’t cause it to breakdown after 2 months
Comment by SV Narine— October 3, 2011 #
Nationally, how do you counter the kind of drivel Jon Heyman just wrote regarding the NL MVP?
Comment by SamAdams— September 30, 2011 #
Matt is the NL’s best player, but possibly not better than Braun and Fielder? Maybe Heyman still thinks the Brewers are in the AL.
Comment by Josh S.— September 30, 2011 #
That dope Buster Olney made almost the same arugment in support of Braun. His team is in the playoffs and Kemp’s team didn’t play any important games after the break. I say Braun did it in a hitters park against the weak pitching NL Central.
Comment by west coast ram— September 30, 2011 #
i would also add that if they were gonna punish kershaw for playing in a pitcher’s park, they have to do the converse, and reward kemp for hitting in a pitcher’s park. what kind of monster numbers would bison be putting up if he played 81 games in milwaulkee or, *gasp* colorado? but it seems all the east coast writers are looking for any reason to rationalize their bias, while ignoring all the valid factors that make kemp better AND more valuable than braun, and certainly moreso than fielder.
Comment by sumdumfu— September 30, 2011 #
No hopes up, months ago he was supposed to miss payroll and the snake wiggled out of it. If we do get a new owner it will long after the winter, which is kind of a good thing because we don’t want Ned going crazy with a whole bunch of money…….
Comment by DodgersKings323— September 30, 2011 #