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Dodgers Q&A: Bidding for team could be sale of the new century

Found January 22, 2012 on LA Times:
PLAYERS: Frank McCourt,  Clayton Kershaw
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers

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Opening bids are due Monday, then sale process begins in earnest. Frank McCourt has until April 1 to pick who will succeed him as team's owner. The Times' Bill Shaikin asks, and answers, key questions.By the time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw throws the first pitch of the Dodgers' season April 5, the cloud of uncertainty that has lingered over the team for more than two years should finally have passed.
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