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  • China Jumps the Shark -- Offers $1.2 Billion for Los Angeles Dodgers

    09/01/2011 6:14:22 PM PDT · by La Enchiladita · 68 replies
    Forbes ^ | Sept. 1, 2011 | Staff
    In what would be the biggest ever sale price for a Major League Baseball team, Chinese investors have put in a $1.2 billion bid for Frank McCourt’s Los Angeles Dodgers, according to the Los Angeles Times. The bid is headed by Los Angeles Marathon founder Bill Burke and funded in part by unidentified Chinese state-owned investment institutions and others.