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Dodgers.com: “Suspect in Stow beating reportedly in custody”

One of the two men suspected of attacking Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodgers Stadium on Opening Day was taken into custody early Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s SWAT team descended on an East Hollywood apartment building with guns drawn and a warrant in hand around 7 a.m. PT.

Among those removed from the targeted apartment was a man with a bald head and tattoos on his neck and arms — matching the sketches released by police in the weeks after Stow’s beating.

Jon Weisman tweeted last night,

@dodgerthoughts Matt Kemp just hit the Dodgers’ second homer in their most recent 10 games at Dodger Stadium.

Oy.

And then a little while later,

@dodgerthoughts The Dodgers’ past four victories have each been accompanied by news of an ailing pitcher http://es.pn/mBnOg4

Vey iz mir.

I don’t know if “it’s time for head games,” but somebody needs their head examined:

Asked whether the composition of the team is a reflection of the organization’s economic troubles, McCourt replied, “No.”

So, even if everything were OK, this is the kind of team you would field?

“Yeah, I think we have a very, very good team,” said McCourt, who took out a personal loan to meet last month’s payroll obligation.

[...]

McCourt said he is “very pleased” with how the Dodgers are performing on the field.

A hearty ¡Bienvenidos! to the new Dodgers blog en español, Frecuencia Dodgers, part of the ESPN Deportes Los Angeles website. This fits in perfectly with my plans to reclaim my college Spanish. :)

While you’re at it, don’t forget Losdodgers.com. ¡Es tiempo para Dodgers Béisbol!

Both of these statements by Frank McCourt aren’t exactly accurate.

“Nobody handed the Dodgers to me,” said McCourt, who purchased the Dodgers from News Corp., which owns Fox, in 2005 and has since been involved in divorce proceedings with his now-former wife Jamie about whether she owns 50 percent of the franchise. “Nobody is going to take them away.” [1]

Perhaps someday McCourt will realize who is responsible for his losing the Dodgers. Here’s an analogy that might help: if you’re doing 105 MPH on the freeway, it isn’t the cop’s fault when he pulls you over and impounds your car.

Options are dwindling quickly.

Rob Manfred, a Selig deputy who is an executive vice president of Major League Baseball, gave voice to the deep skepticism about McCourt.

“There is no owner,” he said, “who, during the period 2004 to 2011, that we’ve spent more time with on his business problems, his business issues and his desire to be treated differently under applicable rules, than Frank McCourt.” [2]

And,

Meanwhile, McCourt by all appearances is on an island by himself, with support that is either minute or nonexistent. He also has decreasing cash reserves that are believed likely to run out by June — if not this month — without intervention of a new loan. His only plan is for more borrowing, which Selig seems unlikely to approve. Fellow owners described a scene on Wednesday where McCourt sat alone, seemingly forlorn, without an answer that will fly with baseball’s powers. [3]

McCourt flys out weakly to left field. A room-service fly ball, as Vin Scully might say, that settles easily into the fielder’s glove. Ninth inning. Three outs.

Game over.

[1] MLB.com: “Selig, McCourt meet briefly to discuss Dodgers”

[2] NYTimes.com: “The Dodgers, the Mets and the Commissioner”

[3] SI.com: “McCourt running out of cash, may soon be out of time with Dodgers”