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Editor of Dodger Thoughts blog on ESPN, columnist for Sports Illustrated and author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
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Jon Weisman
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FROM Jon Weisman
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First up for the Dodgers, the Atlanta Braves The team with the highest payroll in baseball started off with a thud, and wallowed in last place in the National League’s Western Division ‘til late in June. Then, something happened. And tonight, they’re playing their first game of the playoffs in Atlanta.
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Angels Score a Coup by Signing Pujols The Dodgers are still in bankruptcy, trying to maximize the value of a team that will soon be up for sale. Meantime, the Angels have made a deal one baseball fan calls " insane ." He's Jon Weisman, who writes DodgerThoughts.com and is author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die .
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McCourt Agrees to Sell the Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers could have a new owner by opening day of next year, at least that's the goal of Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball. They reached an agreemen t last night. McCourt leveraged $421 million seven years ago to buy the team, the stadium and surrounding parking lots. Now a sale could bring in a record one billion. Jon Weisman is author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die , and blogs at DodgerThoughts.com on ESPN.
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Dodgers Start the New Season under a Cloud Last Thursday's opening day helped reinforce the reputation of Dodger Stadium as home to the "worst crowd" in baseball. Forty-two year old paramedic Bryan Stow, the father of two, is comatose and in critical condition. A Giants fan, wearing team clothing in the parking lot after the game, Stow was knocked to the ground and kicked hard enough to fracture his skull and cause brain damage. His family says they're hearing from well-wishers all over the country.
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McCourt Divorce Opens Possibility of Dodger Sale The Dodgers lost the pennant , and now Frank and Jamie McCourt just might lose the Dodgers. That’s according to one sports executive quoted in today’s LA Times. It all depends on how their divorce comes out. Jon Weisman writes the DodgerThoughts.com blog at the Times website and is author of 100 Things Dodger Fans Should Know and Do before They Die .
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Dodgers Off to a Record-Setting Start How about those Dodgers? Last night they tied a recor d that goes back to 1911. Tonight, they could break it. Jon Weisman’s author of 100 Things Dodger Fans Should Know and Do Beofre they Die . He also writes DodgerThoughts.com on the Los Angeles Times website.
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Opening Day Is a Sad Day for the Dodgers It’s opening day of the baseball season with the so-called Los Angeles Angels playing tonight in Anaheim. The Dodgers opened in Milwaukee and it was not an auspicious moment. The score was 7 to 1. Los Angeles writer Jon Weisman is editor of DodgerThoughts.com .
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