Dodgers Owner Fires Wife

The divorce of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt from his wife Jamie is about to get even uglier than what many assumed would already be a contentious dissolution of marriage proceeding after McCourt sent a nasty termination letter to his wife. TMZ obtained the termination letter mailed to Jamie from the Dodgers, and it ain't pretty. It alleges, among other things, that Miss McCourt...

Well that certainly didn't take long. Less than 24 hours after the team was bounced from the NLCS, the battle for control of the Los Angeles Dodgers quickly escalated with the news that CEO and owner Frank McCourt has fired his wife, Jamie, as the team's president. The couple is going through a bitter divorce and both had said they do not want to cede their roles with the team. Before...

For the second straight NLCS Game 5, the Dodgers could do nothing but watch as the Phillies took home the National League title and made plans for the World Series. "It's going to take all offseason to get over this," outfielder Matt Kemp(notes) wrote on his MLB.com blog. "It hurts the most when you turn on the TV and see the World Series and the team you thought...

The following are quotes and interviews from TBS' coverage of Game 5 of the NLCS, which saw the Philadelphia Phillies eliminate the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 10-4 rout. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** TBS MLB on Deck Ernie Johnson, Dennis Eckersley, Cal Ripken and David Wells Eckersley on reports that Dodgers leftfielder Manny Ramirez was in the clubhouse during the Phillies...

The Phillies jumped the Dodgers right from the get go in the game last night and they never could recover. Vicente Padilla got drilled for 6 earned runs in only 3 innings earning the loss in this game. He was not the only pitcher who had a rough time for the Dodgers in [...]

Vicente Padilla couldn't get it done twice in the same series; no shame in that, but after handing out consecutive two-out free passes to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth's three-run jack sealed the Dodgers' fate. The closest they got to a look at the game was when James Loney belted the Dodgers' second solo shot of the game (the first was Andre Ethier'...

A lawyer for Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt says she has been fired after her marital separation from the team's owner.

The Dodgers' need for a front-line starting pitcher was evident in the postseason, when they were forced to start Rangers' cast-off Vicente Padilla in an elimination game. Most speculated that acquiring a top of the rotation starter would be the first order of business for GM Ned Colletti, but according to MLB.com's Ken Gurnick, bringing aboard a pitcher of that caliber...

The Phillies pounded the Dodgers' pitching staff last night en route to a World Series berth, so now the newly signed Ned Colletti will go to work trying to improve his club for next year. Los Angeles has a few prominent players due to become free agents, including Orlando Hudson, Jim Thome, Randy Wolf, Mark Loretta and Ronnie Belliard. They also have $42MM in options...

A few links to check out between ALCS pitches... Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt has fired his wife, Jamie, as CEO of the team. The McCourt's are famously going through what will likely be a messy divorce, and Jamie's lawyers maintain that "she owns 50 percent of the team." Diamond Leung tweets that the Dodgers...

Much has been made of Manny Ramirez' location during the National League Championship Series Game Four rally that essentially killed the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2009 season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

On the 29th anniversary of the Phillies winning the 1980 World Series, the Phillies advanced to their second straight Fall Classic with a 10-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Next up is either the Angels or Yankees.