As of Wednesday afternoon, Commissioner Bud Selig announced plans to take over the management of the Los Angeles Dodgers stating that the move would protect the best interests of the Club, its great fans and all of Major League Baseball. Joe Torre, the former Dodgers’ manager and current MLB Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, said Commissioner Bud Selig conferred with him before announcing that Major League Baseball was taking control of the club.

On October 14, 2009 it was announced that owners Frank and Jamie McCourt would be separating after nearly 30 years of marriage. While each claim that the divorce has no bearing on the team whatsoever, the Dodgers’ were very publicly paralyzed financially by its owners’ bitter divorce. Divorce and financial turmoil led the LA Times to report that McCourt had obtained a personal loan from Fox to cover the team’s payroll for April and May. For now, at least, the Dodgers are under the control of the MLB and Bud Selig…

It’ll be interesting to see what happens. It’s doubtful that either McCourt will ever head the team again.