Dodgers Gone Wild

I do believe the new owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers have lost their collective minds.

The story out today is the Dodgers, after already completing a mega-deal with the Boston Red Sox last week, called the New York Yankees about possibly trading for pitcher CC Sabathia and first baseman Mark Teixiera. (Did they call the Yanks or send a Tex message?)

Do the Dodgers owners think they can just buy any player they want? Maybe they can when they strike a new local TV deal that could be worth as much as $8.5 billion over 20 years. So that $2 billion the new owners paid for the team was just a virtual drop in the ol' bucket, eh?

Hey, do you think the Dodgers would be willing to take Tim Tebow? And maybe the Jets could get back A.J. Ellis in the trade. I bet he'd be the second best receiver on the team.

Anyway, I'm guessing that when the Dodgers called Yankees' General Manager Brian Cashman, the conversation could have ended something like this:

Cashman: “Hey, we can’t give you CC or Tex, but we have this A-Rod fella we’re going to be paying for the next five years…”

Dodgers: Click

Cashman: “Hello? Anyone there?”