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Which Way, L.A.?

The Dodgers, the McCourts and the Money

Fans know that the Dodgers ' payroll is down, while owners Frank and Jamie McCourt borrowed $108 million from the team to help finance a lifestyle they now admit was excessive. Seven homes, seven country clubs, private jets and $150,000 a year for haircuts.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Fans know that the Dodgers' payroll is down, while owners Frank and Jamie McCourt borrowed $108 million from the team to help finance a lifestyle they now admit was excessive. Seven homes, seven country clubs, private jets and $150,000 a year for haircuts. Their contentious public divorce has made for licentious headlines, and now Gene Maddaus of the LA Weekly has gone back to Boston to see where it all started.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Julia Flucht

    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Darrell Satzman

    Producer

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Gene Maddaus

    senior media writer for Variety

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