ANALYSIS/OPINION:
LOS ANGELES — After falling into disarray under the chaotic ownership of Frank McCourt, the Los Angeles Dodgers had been trying since Guggenheim Baseball Management purchased the franchise in 2012 to re-establish their place as the top dog in the most competitive sports market in America.
Their competition, as always, is the Los Angeles Lakers. No one else matters, really, in L.A., which makes the city atypical of most sports markets where NFL franchises generally reign.
But there was no NFL team in Los Angeles for more than 20 years, after the Rams, losing fan support, left in 1994 for St.