Tim's Two Cents-February 23

Vin must be hurting inside!

Dodgers Divorce Soap Opera Continues Toward Downward Spiral.  Many Dodger fans are waking up this morning to find out that Dodger ownership, (ahem Frank McCourt) is planning to increase ticket prices over the next eight years while spending less on players according to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. 

I'm not surprised one bit that this is happening.  Face reality Dodger fans, Frank McCourt's main objective is to run the Dodgers as cheaply as possible, divorce or not.  Give it time and the Dodgers could be a team where you may not know who the players are because there will be no household names on the team.  By the way, enjoy Manny Roidmirez while it lasts because he won't be there next year.  Even he knows it.  Just to remind you, it wasn't a pretty sight the last time Manny played under an expiring contract. 

It is becoming clear, if it isn't already, that Frank McCourt is running the Dodgers more like a businessman who wants to turn a profit rather than improve the quality of the product.  That is not the way to run a storied franchise like the Dodgers.  I'm not shy in my dislike for the Dodgers, but I know this is the wrong way to run the team.  Frank McCourt will soon find out that if you continue to raise ticket prices without improving the product, fans will become frustrated and find entertainment elsewhere.  What would definitely be the last straw for many fans would be if McCourt decided to get rid of Vin Scully to cheapen the product even more.  There would be a major rebellion if that were to happen. 

So to those Dodger fans who wonder about the team's future, enjoy what you have while it lasts because it could ugly very soon.      

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