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Sport Illustrated's Jon Heyman is reporting that Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has fired his soon-to-be ex-wife Jamie McCourt as CEO of the team in the last two days. Both are expected to fight long and hard for control of the team. The first shots of the divorce has now commenced. Let's get the popcorn ready.

Fox Sport's baseball insider Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt have already started divorce proceedings. He also reports that the separation is not amicable. A source told Rosenthal, "They've already 'lawyered' up. They're trashing each other terribly. It's going to be World War III."

ESPN's hall-of-fame baseball analyst Peter Gammons went on The Michael Kay Show based in New York City to talk about postseason baseball. What came out of his mouth at the end of the interview was both shocking yet not surprising.

                        

The Dodger spring training complex is a picture of baseball heaven. More than 13 fields, each manicured to perfection sit under a blazing Arizona sun as players mingle with fans and sign autographs amid the state-of-the-art site. The proximity to Los Angeles versus Florida was certainly a key reason many new spring training visitors made trek to the new site while many cited the beautiful fields and relatively cheap ticket prices as reasons to come back. But before the site can be declared a success, Dodger brass must first fix one key component: honoring the team's storied history as the old site in Florida did so well.

It took a couple of days, but it's official: Joe Torre is the new Dodger manager. The Dodgers and Torre have agreed to a three-year, $12 million contract. Torre was also negotiating to bring in bench coach Don Mattingly and third-base coach Larry Bowa which lengthened the negotiation time. Other coaches rumored to brought over are Jose Cardenal and Lee Mazzilli. The Dodgers were granted an exemption by commissioner Bud Selig from interviewing minority...

The big honchos in the upstairs offices are being forced to be nice for one more day this week. First there is Administrative Assistant Day (keep dropping those hints) and then tomorrow is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.