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11/4/09
Divorce is expensive: McCourt's split subverts investment in the Dodger farm system.
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Any lawyer will tell you: divorce is expensive. Usually, it's one or both of the spouses who suffer when income and assets are divided. In the case of the Los Angeles Dodgers, it's the farm system that's feeling the pain. To be fair, the Dodgers under Frank and Jamie McCourt weren't all that interested investing in the farm system before their acrimonious split.

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The Dodgers have paid $8.5 million in signing bonuses for draft picks over the last two years -- the lowest figure among all major league teams, according to Baseball America.

Now that Frank and Jamie are on the outs, a sudden reversal in philosophy seems unlikely.  On the plus side, with over 50 percent of all marriages ending in divorce, the Dodgers won't be the only kids in class spending every other weekend at dad's.
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11/4/09
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Walter O'Malley is rolling in his grave on this one!

11/4/09
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as one experienced divorcee stated: "Find a woman you hate and buy her a house". It will save you lots of time. 

11/4/09
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This is what you get when you work with your wife. Best advice I can give anyone is don't start a business with your spouse, that's just gonna get you in trouble no matter what you do.

11/4/09
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AWWWW the poor McCourts.....They couldn't play nice and now they have to split MILLIONS of dollars between them...I feel so bad for them ..i don't know if i'll be able to go on!!!

11/4/09
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(Edited by kentuckycolonel)
mr. mccourt, meet mr. moores.  mr. moores meet mr. mccourt.  maybe they can start a support group for baseball owners that get to screw up their teams through divorce.

11/4/09
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One thing the Dodger organization has always taken pride in is there farm system. Hopefully once this mess is settled, that can be repaired. All you Dodger fans stay positive, we are a bullpen away from adding another championship. It has been 21 years!!!!


11/4/09
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apparently john broxton will also have to be split as the both have him as a reliever on their fantasy teams.

11/4/09
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I can't stop laughing about the last line.  That's classic, Guy.  I'm sure Tommy Lasorda, wherever he is, is not too happy about this.

11/5/09
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Marriage is the step before divorce.

11/5/09
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Who cares sorry about billionaries wow i may only have a 100 millon left to spend feel sorry for me... Not in this life get a job!!!!!!

 
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