2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season
| 2010 Los Angeles Dodgers | |
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| Record | 80–82 (.494) |
| Divisional place | 4th |
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| Owner(s) | Frank McCourt |
| General manager(s) | Ned Colletti |
| Manager(s) | Joe Torre |
| Local television |
Prime Ticket KCAL-TV (Vin Scully, Steve Lyons, Eric Collins) |
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KABC (Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner) KHJ (Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela) |
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The 2010 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw the team failing to defend their back-to-back National League West titles as they played their 53rd season in Southern California, since moving from Brooklyn after the 1957 season.
Prior to the start of Game 1 of the 2009 National League Championship Series, the Dodgers announced that the team's owner and chairman Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie had separated. Immediately after the team was eliminated from the post-season with a loss in Game 5, Frank McCourt fired Jamie from her position as CEO of the Dodgers. In the termination letter, McCourt claimed his wife was guilty of "insubordination and inappropriate behavior". He also claimed that he was the "sole owner" of the Dodgers and that Jamie had no claim on the club.
On October 27, Jamie McCourt filed divorce papers with the Los Angeles courts; her filings asked to be reinstated with the Dodgers and that the judge declare "null and void" a marital agreement from 2004 that Frank claims gives him full ownership of the team. The Dodgers responded by filing their own document with the courts on October 28 stating that Jamie had an affair with an employee and that returning her to the team would be an improper interference in team matters. On November 5, the Superior Court ruled that Jamie should not be reinstated as chief executive of the Dodgers.
The trial itself did not begin until the end of August, and was not resolved during the season.
On October 20, 2009, the Dodgers announced a long-term contract extension with General Manager Ned Colletti. On December 7, the Dodgers announced that team President Dennis Mannion would oversee all baseball operations. On November 9, the Dodgers announced that the entire coaching staff would be retained for the 2010 season.
The Dodgers off-season officially got underway on October 16, when the club declined the 2010 option on left-handed reliever Will Ohman, making him a free agent. On November 5, the Dodgers declined the $10 million option on starting pitcher Jon Garland, making him a free agent (the option buyout was paid by the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of the trade deal that brought Garland to the Dodgers). Later on November 5, several Dodgers filed for free agency: starting pitchers Randy Wolf and Eric Milton and infielders Orlando Hudson, Ronnie Belliard and Doug Mientkiewicz. The exodus continued on November 6, when five more Dodgers filed for free agency: catcher Brad Ausmus, pinch hitter Jim Thome and pitchers Vicente Padilla, Guillermo Mota and Jeff Weaver. Infielders Mark Loretta and Juan Castro filed for free agency on November 9 and pitcher Jason Schmidt on November 11. The Dodgers chose not to offer arbitration to any of their departing free agents.
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