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Originally Posted by Chris Counts
Do I have a problem with the Chinese buying the Dodgers? I'd support aliens from outer space buying the team if it means baseball can get rid of that clown, McCourt ...
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Hards to argue with the "anyone but McCourt" sentiment.
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Originally Posted by barrysloate
The New Jersey Nets, soon to be the Brooklyn Nets, are owned by a Russian businessman, and nothing really has changed. They still lose with great regularity. But I suppose you are referring to the potential new fan base in China, which of course could be enormous. Do they follow American baseball there? Don't know. Every aspect of our lives is becoming global, so expanding baseball to foreign countries would seem natural.
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Maybe Prokhorov could buy the Dodgers and move them back to Brooklyn. How sweet would that be? Maybe flip the Mets to the West coast...
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Originally Posted by 39special
Would there rivals be the Tokyo Giants?
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Maybe a true World Series someday? Would be kind of cool, if it was competitive.