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Dodger Fans, Run it Off

While the front office hallways might be filled with more suits and legal personnel nowadays, what with certain former female CEO's sleeping around the office and all, and amidst an increasingly ugly divorce battle turned custody battle for the organization, why not go for a run?  Let off some steam.  First off, let me make this clear, I am not going to be running the 26 miles from the depths of Chavez Ravine to the seas of Santa Monica.  I just ain't in the shape for that. But I did go to ab...

Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?. Originally uploaded by DownTown Pictures As is tradition every spring, March has come to an end. April has begun and baseball is abound. Roster decisions are being argued upon for virtually every team and the gates open Monday for the start of the 2009 Major League Baseball season. This offseason has been one of economics for many as free agents found it the most "interesting" offseasons to find themselves a job. Many players held out looking for higher paying offers, and...

Family Became Corporate

It was only 11 years ago that family became corporate in Los Angeles. The O'Malley family, who had long-stood as the owners of the Dodgers baseball organization, both in Brooklyn and in Los Angeles, had sold the team to Rupert Murdoch and the media moguls at Fox News Corp. Family became corporate. The attitude of doing it right was lost for doing it for dollars. And the first move Murdoch and Co. made while at the helm - trading Mike Piazza towards the end of his contract to the Florida Marlin...

Baseball – A Business Machine

Business as usual, right? Unfortunately, it is. Sports today are not the sports of yesterday. Teams are run like Fortune 500 Organizations rather than, well, sports teams. The majority of the 20th Century brought sports teams that were the face of communities. Today, our professional athletes change team colors more than some players use to in an entire career. The likes of Garrett Anderson, Tim Salmon, Sandy Koufax, among others, spent their entire careers with their respective teams. What pla...