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Dodgers Notes: Kemp, Fielder, Ownership, Trump

By Mark Polishuk | November 3, 2011 at 5:37pm CDT

Now that Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the Dodgers, expect a winter of speculation about who might take over the club.  Here's the latest on the ownership front and a few other items…

  • Matt Kemp spoke to reporters (including MLB.com's Ken Gurnick) during a conference call about such topics as the McCourt sale, trying to recruit his friend Prince Fielder to Los Angeles, and his own desire to stay with the Dodgers over the long term.  Kemp agreed with his agent Dave Stewart's stance about not letting extension negotiations drag into the 2012 season.  "I've heard from people that negotiating can get tough and maybe overwhelming," Kemp said. "I don't want to mess up the chemistry of the team. I just want to play baseball."
  • Bill Shaikin of the L.A. Times breaks down the details of McCourt's sale and notes that signing a big free agent like Fielder could be "a nine-figure liability" that could lower the club's sale price.
  • Donald Trump tells Greta Van Susteren of FOX News (video link, around the 9:00 mark) that says he's "probably not" going to make a bid to buy the Dodgers but "there's always interest…because it's a great asset."
  • As reported earlier today, the Dodgers signed Juan Rivera to a one-year, $4MM contract with a $4MM club option for 2013.
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  1. therednorth

    14 years ago

    Obligatory “Coletti… you’re fired” post.

    Reply
  2. carlos 15

    14 years ago

    Fielder might be long gone before the new owner is getting himself settled in

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  3. $7562574

    14 years ago

    the trump fool! he is going to ruin the dodgers even more and file another bankruptcy.

    Reply
  4. mike292929

    14 years ago

    Dodgers won’t land Fielder…. why??? because I didn’t pick LA in the contest.. that’s why.

    Reply
    • Guest 6233

      14 years ago

      I picked Texas.

      Reply
      • WonderboyRooney10

        14 years ago

        I picked the Jays. How do you pick Texas yet have that as your disqus picture lol?

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        • Guest 6215

          14 years ago

          these are the complexities of lunchbox.
           

          I WISH the jays.. i just don’t see it..

          I actually had a dream that the jays got fielder and darvish, it was awesome.. then sloan from entourage showed up. It was a good dream.

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  5. WonderboyRooney10

    14 years ago

    Yes, run the Frank McCourt circus out of town and have Donald Trump quietly, seamlessly  take over. That should work. They can make a tv show out of it. First episode, Trump fires Coletti. 

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    • Guest 6232

      14 years ago

      Id rather see cuban than trump.

      although owning a baseball team would allow trump to always have a baseball cap on, which would be beneficial.

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      • woolcorp

        14 years ago

        I’d rather see the Nation of Cuba than trump.

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      • WonderboyRooney10

        14 years ago

        Obviously every owner is in for the profit in some way or another, but I feel like Trump would not care about the Dodgers as long as they were making profit and increasing value. Cuban wants championships. Although neither of them would let Selig drag them around and make them follow the “guidelines” most owners abide by.

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  6. Joey E

    14 years ago

    i really dont like dave stewart. i feel like kemp wants to stay but stew doesnt want him too
    hey, i could be wrong and maybe it only looks this way because of the ownership mess, but it’s just my opinion 

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    • Jim

      14 years ago

      Stewart is just doing his job as agent. I don’t believe he is steering Kemp away from returning to the Dodgers – just positioning for the best possible deal.

      Reply
  7. MadmanTX 2

    14 years ago

    My money is on a corporation like Vivid Entertainment buying the Dodgers. 🙂

    Reply
  8. nestleraisinets

    14 years ago

    Juan Rivera, sign of things to come…

    Reply
  9. AJCBE

    14 years ago

    Not gonna lie, a season of the Apprentice to determine a new GM would have been pretty fun to watch.

    Reply
  10. BlueSkyLA

    14 years ago

    Donald Trump. What do you do, laugh or cry?

    Reply
  11. CircusFresh

    14 years ago

    I really believe that in the end Mark Cuban wants in on LA.  I would bet some money that if Cuban gets his price he is new owner, but I know how much Selig hates the idea of Mark Cuban’s open checkbook coming to the MLB.

    Dodgers are a historic team in a great location, easy peasy – buy it, build a winner and you might even get back to LA Laker levels of interest.

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