Found January 28, 2012 on LA Times:
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The assumption for Dodgers fans is that anyone will be better than Frank McCourt, and his selling the team can't be anything but good. But there's so much we don't know, and a lot that could go wrong.Anyone is better than Frank McCourt .
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