Dodger Red

Interesting development in Chavez Ravine. In 2002, Frank McCourt, a Boston investor, put up a bid for the Sox before they were purchased by John Henry and Tom Werner. It didn't work out, so he bought the Dodgers from News Corporation instead. Last year, the team went roughly 70-90 for the season. McCourt cleaned out GM Paul DePodesta for his failure to get along with manager Jim Tracy and then fired Jim Tracy for...Okay, I have no idea why he fired Jim Tracy. But now, he's completely rebuilding the franchise. I found it curious that he hired former Red Sox skipper Grady Little to replace Tracy as manager. My suspicions were further aroused though when he signed Red Sox third baseman Bill Mueller. Those suspicions were confirmed just the other day when LA picked up Nomar Garciaparra: Frank McCourt is enacting his fantasy where he owns the team he wanted in the first place, the Red Sox, by loading the Dodger lineup with former Sox ballers. As a Dodger fan, this is somewhat frightening...But hey, if picking up the Red Sox' leftovers is what it takes to get back to the Fall Classic, then I'll take it.