Beaten SF Giants' fan Brian Stow at center of Dodgers bankruptcy proceedings
The Dodgers are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of the proceedings, Major League Baseball wants owner Frank McCourt removed. And both sides are using Brian Stow - the Giants fan who was beaten almost to death by hoodlums outside Dodgers Stadium - as a symbol of their arguments, the L.A. Times reports.
MLB says the attack on Stow is the inevitable result of McCourt's taking millions of dollars from the Dodgers for personal use: stadium security was sparce, parking lot lighting was inadequate, and the front office was filled with newbies.
The Dodger say Commissioner Bud Selig is stooping low to blame the Dodgers for the Stow attack.
He set about fabricating the public misimpression that security at Dodger Stadium was somehow inadequate. This is, by far, the most unforgivable action taken by the commissioner during this entire saga, and has caused enormous and irreparable harm to the Dodgers, Mr. McCourt and the game of baseball.
That's pretty laughable. It was well known that LA was a dangerous place to watch a ballgame, there had been all manner of incidents before Brian Stow. In my opinion, the Dodgers were well aware of how little security they had out there. Dodgers Stadium was a disaster waiting to happen.
Unfortunately for Brian Stow, it happened to him.
