The Los Angeles Dodgers are in complete disarray, and now Major League Baseball has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to order the sale of the team.
The MLB argued in court papers that Frank McCourt's plan to retain ownership of the Dodgers is "dead on arrival," the Los Angeles Times reports. The league reportedly might enforce its ability to strip McCourt of the team after emerging from bankruptcy protection.
After McCourt and his ex-wife, Jamie, separated two years ago, the team has faced a lot of uncertainty in regards to its ownership.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Major League Baseball asked the judge to act even before the expiration of McCourt's exclusive window to propose a reorganization plan so that the Dodgers could "emerge quickly from bankruptcy under new ownership and with the financial stability necessary to adequately prepare for the 2012 baseball season and beyond."
McCourt has hoped to use the sale of the team's television rights as a way to come away from bankruptcy proceedings still with ownership of the team. Commissioner Bud Selig rejected a proposed contract between the team and Fox Sports, however. McCourt reportedly has since argued that the rejection forced the Dodgers into bankruptcy.
