The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse (48 page)

uniforms of,
16

winning streaks and runs of,
177
–79,
191
,
194
–97,
205
,
211
,
246
,
256

in World Series,
59
,
84
,
88
,
91
,
169
,
209
,
216
,
280
,
304
n

Los Angeles Lakers,
7
,
28
,
31
,
193

Dodgers’ competition with,
15
,
47

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,
16
,
281
n

Los Angeles Sparks,
36

Los Angeles Times
,
49
,
76
,
119
,
277
,
282
n
–83
n
,
285
n
,
292
n

Lucchino, Larry,
50

Luhnow, Jeff,
41
,
136

Lynn, Lance,
292
n

McCann, Brian,
103
,
214
,
216

McCourt, Frank,
18
–27,
60
,
77
,
186
,
245

Colletti and,
39
–40,
42
,
45
,
139
,
268

comparisons between Walter and,
35
–36

and competing with Lakers,
15

divorce of,
20
,
22
–25,
27
,
30
,
32
,
282
n
–86
n

Dodgers acquired by,
18
–20,
282
n

Dodgers’ finances and,
13
,
18
,
21
–22,
24
–27,
30
,
32
,
35
–36,
40
,
42
,
45
,
68
,
81
,
88
,
119
,
167
,
284
n
,
286
n

Dodgers’ sale and,
13
,
30
–33

Dodgers’ TV deals and,
26
–27,
35
–36

finances of,
18
–20,
22
–26,
32
,
35
,
88
,
282
n
–83
n

homes of,
22
–24,
32

Mattingly and,
93
,
127

ousting of,
21
,
25
–27,
35
,
89

physical appearance of,
19
–20,
36

McCourt, Jamie,
18
–20,
60

ambitiousness of,
20

Colletti and,
39

divorce of,
20
,
22
–25,
27
,
30
,
32
,
282
n
–85
n

as Dodgers’ CEO,
20
,
23

in fight over Dodgers’ ownership,
23
–24

finances of,
22
–25,
32
,
35
,
283
n

Fox TV deal and,
27

homes of,
22
–24,
32

McCutchen, Andrew,
132
,
299
n

McGwire, Mark,
99
–100

brawls and,
171
,
184

Kemp and,
149
,
257

NLCS and,
226
,
295
n

Puig and,
151
–52,
194

Machado, Manny,
118

Maddon, Joe,
268
,
275

Maddux, Greg,
46
–47,
105
,
191
,
206

Major League Baseball (MLB):

attendance statistics in,
283
n

average salaries in,
291
n

competition for executive positions in,
41

Dodgers’ sale and,
31

draft of,
74
–77

guaranteed contracts in,
287
n

International signing rules of,
142
–43

ousting McCourt and,
25
–27

owners meetings of,
50

popularity of,
146

TV deals and,
7
,
27
,
35
–36

Marmol, Carlos,
178

Martin, Russell,
21
,
130

Martinez, Dave,
176

Martinez, Pedro,
21
,
68
,
77
,
211
,
233
,
291
n

Mattingly, Bill,
94
–95

Mattingly, Don,
39
,
88
–102,
303
n

ambidexterity of,
95

awards and honors of,
90
,
95

Beckett and,
117
–18

brawls and,
171
,
184

childhood and adolescence of,
94

coaching career of,
45
,
97
–98,
101

coaching staff of,
98
–102,
127
–28,
279

Colletti and,
48
,
90
,
121
,
128
,
172
–73,
235
,
237

and condition of Dodger Stadium,
14

contracts of,
91
–92,
217
,
235
–36,
241
,
275

Dodgers’ finances and,
88
,
93

end of season press conference of,
235
–37,
269

Ethier and,
128
–30,
133
,
250
,
255

finances of,
91
–92

Friedman and,
275
–76

Jansen and,
166
–67,
177

job at risk,
127
,
175
–77,
195
–96,
210
–11,
217
,
228
,
236
,
275

Kasten and,
48
,
172
,
175
–76,
203
,
237
,
275

Kemp and,
45
,
120
–21,
123
–25,
133
,
149
,
203
,
237
,
247
–50,
255
–56,
258

Kershaw and,
8
–9,
78
,
89
–90,
93
,
121
,
209
,
244

League and,
166
–67,
177

nickname of,
90

NLCS and,
217
,
221
,
223
,
228
–30,
236

NLDS and,
209
–13,
215
–17,
263

physical appearance of,
90
,
95
–96,
235

private life of,
96
–97

Puig and,
146
–47,
149
,
151
–52,
164
,
179
–80,
194
–95,
199
,
203
,
235
–37,
241
–42,
248
–49,
256
,
258

during regular season,
89
–92,
111
,
117
–18,
120
,
127
–30,
133
,
152
,
161
,
164
,
166
,
170
–71,
175
–77,
180
,
195
–96,
199
,
201
,
203
,
241
,
247
–50,
254
–56,
258
–59,
276

retirement of,
96
–97

roster issues of,
88
,
128
,
172
–73

team philosophy of,
92
–94,
255

temperament of,
90
,
96
,
98
,
102
,
111
,
166
,
176
–77

on throwing at batters,
170

Uribe and,
83

World Series and,
211

Mattingly, Jordon,
96

Mattingly, Kim,
96

Mattingly, Mary,
94

Mattingly, Preston,
8
,
90
,
96
–97

Mattingly, Taylor,
96
–97

May, Lucas,
85

Mays, Willie,
17
,
155
,
250

Medlen, Kris,
205
–6,
209

Meredith, Josh,
72

Miami Dolphins,
24

Miami Marlins,
169
,
287
n

Ramirez and,
186
–87,
242
–43,
254

during regular season,
129
,
156
,
194
–95,
200

trading of,
59
,
178
,
187
,
271

in World Series,
53
–54,
215

Michael, Gene,
96

Midwest City High,
121

Miley, Wade,
290
n

Miller, Andrew,
76

Milwaukee Brewers,
22
,
45
,
288
n

Greinke and,
107

during regular season,
105
,
127
–29,
134
,
139
,
156
,
164
,
213
–14

Minnesota Twins,
22
,
192
,
230
,
245
,
294
n

Molina, Yadier:

NLCS and,
221
,
225
–26,
231
,
234

NLDS and,
261
,
263

Montero, Miguel,
163
,
165
,
170
,
184
,
241

Morrow, Brandon,
76

Mozeliak, John,
135

Mulligan, Thomas S.,
282
n
–83
n

Murdoch, Rupert,
17
,
282
n

Musial, Stan,
17
,
31

Myers, Wil,
279

Nagy, Charles,
168

National Basketball Association (NBA),
27
–28,
36
,
121
,
127
,
202

National Football League (NFL),
30
,
35
–36,
286
n
–87
n

National Hockey League (NHL),
36

National League Championship Series (NLCS):

Cardinals in,
1
–4,
8
,
217
–35,
246
,
260
–61,
264
,
270
,
295
n

Dodgers in,
1
–4,
8
–9,
20
,
23
,
45
,
216
–36,
246
,
251
–52,
260
–61,
270
,
295
n

Giants in,
231
,
264

Phillies in,
23
,
232

National League Division Series (NLDS):

Braves in,
4
,
205
–6,
208
–12,
263
,
282
n

Cardinals in,
224
,
260
–64,
270

Dodgers in,
4
,
205
–19,
221
,
223
–24,
226
,
228
,
230
,
233
,
236
,
260
–64,
270
,
282
n

Pirates in,
224

Neruda, Pablo,
16

New York Mets,
31
,
294
n

during regular season,
118
,
156
,
197
,
250

New York Times
,
282
n
,
287
n
–88
n
,
302
n

New York Yankees,
153
,
161
,
164

in ALDS,
91

comparisons between Dodgers and,
15
,
47
,
89
,
193
,
284
n

drafting of,
94
,
96

finances of,
52
,
245
,
284
n

Mattingly and,
90
–91,
94
–97,
100

players’ contracts with,
66
,
213
–14,
294
n
,
298
n

during regular season,
192
–93,
198

World Championships of,
90
–91,
217

in World Series,
54
,
91

Nippon Ham Fighters,
100

Nolasco, Ricky,
245

NLCS and,
229
–30

NLDS and,
209

during regular season,
196
,
198
–99,
209

trading for,
178

Nomo, Hideo,
21
,
180

Oakland Athletics,
9
,
41
,
59
,
82
,
130
,
141
,
169
,
258
,
269