Aren't they already part owners of the Angels? It's just a game but this feels like a conflict of interest. It would be interesting if we have a replay of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, where one party owned two teams, and moved all their good players to one team and all their bad players to the other.

so is disney trending to buy a California baseball team every couple of years. wonder which will come next A's or the Padres being bought by the mouse.

I hope Disney buys them and turns them into the Los Angeles Princesses. Much better for the children who would like to attend the games and feel safe. Just think, they could have Jiminy Crickett announce over the PA and "When You Wish Upon A Star" during the Seventh Inning Stretch.

Maybe then the riff-raff would leave the Dodgers alone as it would not be so "rough" any longer. We would see who the true fans are when they don their Pink/Purple jerseys when administering beatings to opposing teams fans.

Cuban

No one else

Dodgers need Cuban - MLB needs Cuban

(I like the group w/ magic and kasten - just a little)

Dodgers need Cuban - MLB needs Cuban

That may be. But Bud Selig would probably rather have Castro as an owner.

alechemist: so is disney trending to buy a California baseball team every couple of years. wonder which will come next A's or the Padres being bought by the mouse.

They diversify. I heard rumors that the Chargers were next.

I think Trump should bid for the Dodgers.

RAWISRADFORD: Cuban

No one else

Dodgers need Cuban - MLB needs Cuban

(I like the group w/ magic and kasten - just a little)

One of the other groups: _a group that includes former Dodgers general manager Fred Claire, former Oakland Athletics president Andy Dolich and former Dodgers batboy Ben Hwang, who brought in the financial backers.

Do batboys make bank, or did he just do this as a youth and then move on to bigger and better things?

"What kind of Micky Mouse organization names their team the Ducks?"- Bugs Bunny. Wrong sport I know, but for some reason that line was the funniest thing to my young mind.

Arkanaut: Aren't they already part owners of the Angels? It's just a game but this feels like a conflict of interest. It would be interesting if we have a replay of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, where one party owned two teams, and moved all their good players to one team and all their bad players to the other.

Disney Co owned the Angels. They sold it to Moreno(they may or may not still own a minority share, either way it's not a controlling interest). The article specifies that this is the Disney family, not Disney Co(which is owned by shareholders).

First News Corp, then Disney. When does Viacom get its turn?

Disney owns the Angels and Ducks and sells them both in championship years and NOW wants the dodgers? Bob Iger have a soft spot for them growing up or something that Eisner didn't?

bhcompy: Arkanaut: Aren't they already part owners of the Angels? It's just a game but this feels like a conflict of interest. It would be interesting if we have a replay of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, where one party owned two teams, and moved all their good players to one team and all their bad players to the other.

Disney Co owned the Angels. They sold it to Moreno(they may or may not still own a minority share, either way it's not a controlling interest). The article specifies that this is the Disney family, not Disney Co(which is owned by shareholders).

This. And yes, Disney Co. actually won a WS this century, and beat the blasphemous Giants on top of it, so if they decided to buy the team, I'd have no problems. Except of course they'd try and create another regional sports network, and my cable bill would go up. Again.

"The article specifies that this is the Disney family, not Disney Co"

This.

Walt had daughters, so none of his descendents still have the Disney name. This group are all descended from Roy Disney, Walt's brother. They were instrumental in getting Michael Eisner removed as head of Disney Co, but they are not the owners of Disney Co, just among the shareholders.

Approves

Excellent. They can change the Dodger blue to powder blue, cartoonize the logo, tie in a movie, and make the stadium look like Big Thunder Mountain. I'd love to rib my Doyer friends over it.

/Angels!

Best In The World: I feel pretty strongly about this so I don't know if Disney should or should NOT buy the Dodgers. Somebody needs to get that team and make them proper but don't change up their uniform or nothing. I got 6 outfits I match to my Dodger hat and I don't like when teams be all up in the color pattern with changes. Dodgers are a classic OG team. Don't mess it up. Also, some times new owners be about moving the team. Keep them where they from.

D-backs fan here, but totally agree about the uniforms and location. I don't think anyone would try to do that, and don't changes need league approval first? Wouldn't Selig be at least smart enough to do that if he has the power to?

/always a good day when the Dodgers lose...

A whole lot of either DNRTFA or DNUTFA in this thread, starting with the headline.

Unfortunately McCourt still is the one who picks who he sells to so it's going to the highest bid. Which at this point looks like the insurance salesman's bid which means the Dodgers get mismanaged into the ground and become terrible for 15 years.

Thanks Frank!

Lunchlady: Unfortunately McCourt still is the one who picks who he sells to so it's going to the highest bid. Which at this point looks like the insurance salesman's bid which means the Dodgers get mismanaged into the ground and become terrible for 15 years.

Thanks Frank!

Owners have to be approved by the other owners.

almandot: Disney owns the Angels and Ducks and sells them both in championship years and NOW wants the dodgers? Bob Iger have a soft spot for them growing up or something that Eisner didn't?

Always sell when your stock is high. Build the team into a championship team and then get out from under it :)

/Angels fan from the Abbott/Finley/Langston days

Orgasmatron138: Lunchlady: Unfortunately McCourt still is the one who picks who he sells to so it's going to the highest bid. Which at this point looks like the insurance salesman's bid which means the Dodgers get mismanaged into the ground and become terrible for 15 years.

Thanks Frank!

Owners have to be approved by the other owners.

It's harder to decline higher bids in a bankruptcy.