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Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Fires Wife
Posted Oct 23, 2009 12:10 AM
 By GREG RISLING
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LOS ANGELES (Oct. 23) - Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt was fired Thursday by her estranged husband, team owner Frank McCourt, a day after the Dodgers lost the National League championship series.

Jamie McCourt's attorney, Dennis Wasser, said his client learned she was no longer employed by the Dodgers, who ended their season Wednesday after being bounced in the NLCS by the Philadelphia Phillies for the second straight year.
"Jamie is disappointed and saddened by her termination," Wasser said. "As co-owner of the Dodgers, she will address this and all other issues in the courtroom."
Frank McCourt's attorney, Marshall Grossman, declined to comment. A Dodgers spokesman said the team doesn't comment on personnel matters.
Last week the couple confirmed in a terse statement that they have separated. Jamie McCourt sat in the first row of the owner's box for Game 1 of the NLCS. Her husband was in the third row next to former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda.
The McCourts have been married since 1979 and have four grown sons.
In March, Frank McCourt promoted his wife to chief executive officer of the team he gained ownership of in January 2004 after moving from his native Boston. The promotion made her the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball.
Jamie McCourt began as Dodgers vice chairman and was named team president in 2005.
There was no immediate word if the couple will divorce.
Dodgers manager Joe Torre has said that he didn't think the separation would affect the team.
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Erickivlen
5:06PM Oct 24 2009 
whore
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Max Cadys back
10:38PM Oct 23 2009 
They have been married for 30 years with 4 adult kids. I hope they can agree to get along. Spliting a sports team is not feasible. 1/2 of a team is a losing entity. I should have read closer. ME BAD!!!
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Max Cadys back
10:00PM Oct 23 2009 
Hey Frank,, I pray you do not have former New York Giant football,future Hall off Famers Michael Strahan's Divorce lawyer. He actually gave up MORE THEN HALF of his assets and she never had a tackle or a had a sack. The average long term life span of a long playing NFL player is a bit over 66 years because of the physical carnage.. Mr Mc.Court,,,,, you may be forced to sell YOUR team to satisfy HER wants. If you DO have a decent pre-nup you are my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Fair is fair. Avril Lavigne wont give her rocker honey a penny. Ovaries or Testicles should have zero basis in any of these preceedings.
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Radio dj student
8:31PM Oct 23 2009 
thats right baby its all about money and sex for us men and majority of men run the company and own it only they are fools and get married and the wifey thinks she she could half i say not men who are rich should get viscetomy's and spend there millions on young babes why marry and get the same piece every night and split everything
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Purplehntr
8:14PM Oct 23 2009 
I realize it is mostly men responding to this...which in and of itself speaks volumes. But just so you have a clue...what makes you think your wives wouldn't give up a first round pick to get rid of you? It amazes me how men think for some silly reason that they are the end all to everything. Stupid men comments aside, it is just disresectful to act like women are second class citizens. First of all...maybe Mr. McCort realized his wife could probably show him up...second of all....most of you male posters probably have wives who wish someone would fire you....and third of all...wash your own damn dirty socks.

Most men are such a waste of airspace...and I haven't seen anything here that inspires me to think otherwise.

And oh yeah, I'm sure the CEO is the reason the team lost not the owner or the manager. What a joke! If the CEO was the husband and the owner was the wife....how would you justify the loss then?

And Bozallan you're an ass. You men and your damn money, like you're the only ones who can make it. Give me a break. Those days are gone, get over yourselves. As for the rape comment? Terminology aside it was a low life analogy.
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Mollymuffinnn
8:09PM Oct 23 2009 
Yes the only person who brought up race was you. The only person whose entire comment was about race was yours.
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PAPAM11
7:23PM Oct 23 2009 
Jamie McCourt should have no more to do with a pro baseball team than her husband should have with a bikini waxing salon. Why these rich dudes saddle themselves with wives who actually think the money was made by THEM--greatly amuses me. Divorce laws are a joke. I'll bet you could count the number of wives who have actually helped millionaires make bank on one hand, yet they get half? What a farce! To all the rich guys out there--stay single and have a different babe every night. It'll cost you next to nothing and you'll owe nothing.
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Homeseider
7:22PM Oct 23 2009 
oh man, he's asking for ********* always cheaper to keep her.
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GCarli5297
7:06PM Oct 23 2009 
This obviously has nothing to do with the Dodgers losing to the Phillies. It has everything to do with a divorce where the Boss does not want his wife as an employee anymore.
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