Who's more popular in the second-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. now, the Dodgers or the Galaxy? The Los Angeles Galaxy have possibly the greatest tandem of players (Beckham and Donovan) any single soccer team has ever had in the U.S., mostly play at near capacity or sellouts and is a contender for a championship this year. The Los Angeles Dodgers have massive debt, poor attendance, a bad win-loss record and a horrible reputation for safety at the ballpark.
What is even worse for the Dodgers is the probability that their ownership problems and battles with Major League Baseball will continue for a long time. There does not appear to be any easy solutions on the horizon. MLB wants to take the team over and get things restarted as soon as possible with new owners, but this is unlikely to happen any time soon because the present owners, Frank McCourt and his ex-wife, want to keep their team, make it salvageable and restart things themselves.
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