Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus reports that teams interested in dealing with the Dodgers have no idea who's in charge.
"The Dodgers continue to confuse everyone. 'Some want to buy, some sell,' I'm told. One faction of the front office wants to deal for a shortstop and is focused on Jack Wilson or David Eckstein, while another (which appears to hold sway with the McCourts for now) want to see if Nomar Garciaparra can hold the position down. Teams simply don't want to deal with the Dodgers because of the confusion over who has final authority. One front-office source told me that the Dodgers have made deals, only to have ownership pull out at least twice."
Even though McCourt probably saved Colletti from making 1 or 2 terrible deals, the ends don't necessarily justify the means.
The pathetic thing is that it's not even two sides squaring off against each other. It seems more like Ned Colletti versus Logan White versus Frank McCourt, and it's...
"The Dodgers continue to confuse everyone. 'Some want to buy, some sell,' I'm told. One faction of the front office wants to deal for a shortstop and is focused on Jack Wilson or David Eckstein, while another (which appears to hold sway with the McCourts for now) want to see if Nomar Garciaparra can hold the position down. Teams simply don't want to deal with the Dodgers because of the confusion over who has final authority. One front-office source told me that the Dodgers have made deals, only to have ownership pull out at least twice."
Even though McCourt probably saved Colletti from making 1 or 2 terrible deals, the ends don't necessarily justify the means.
The pathetic thing is that it's not even two sides squaring off against each other. It seems more like Ned Colletti versus Logan White versus Frank McCourt, and it's...
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