They've made the playoffs in 17 of the last 18 seasons, their fans block out autumn nights for baseball months in advance and clubhouse celebrations break out with regularity.

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The Dodgers are the most indebted team in baseball history and McCourt has already extracted a small fortune from future revenues by securitizing ticket sales and getting an advance on his cable deal with Fox.

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