Battle of Los Angeles begins: Dodgers owner fires wife

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 being shown the door, Jamie McCourt had been baseball's highest-ranked female executive. SI.com's Jon Heyman reported the news of the firing first on Thursday: "Jamie McCourt was fired within the last two days, according to several sources. But this is not likely to be the last she's heard from, as she has said through lawyers that she intends to stake a claim to the franchise, which may be worth a billion dollars, or more. "Reached by phone Thursday afternoon, Frank McCourt declined comment."Look, there are a lot of definitions for the term "irreconcilable ...