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Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt's very public divorce -- it's public, you see, because a beloved baseball franchise is partially at stake -- has the potential to get very, very strange. And not in a good, "When Frank Reynolds does something heinous on 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia'" way. In a bad, legal loophole-y kind of way. The latest:
The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt lost her bid Thursday to be reinstated as the team's chief executive during a hearing in the couple's messy divorce.
Jamie McCourt, 55, was fired last month by her husband, who said she was cheating on him and doing a poor job leading the team. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled that no state law supports Jamie McCourt's bid to get her job back. However, Gordon has yet to decide whether the Dodgers are considered community or separate property.
The situation is so strange that the law isn't really clear on what should or should not happen to each person's stake in the team. Only one thing seems for sure: This is not good for the Dodgers, nor for Dodgers fans. Whatever happened to staying together for the kids guy with the beer belly in Section 108?
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