The McCourt divorce has turned the Dodgers into a hot mess.  They blew a chance to contend last year, and as the rest of the NL West regroups to challenge the Giants, it remains to be seen how long it will take the Dodgers to get their act together so they can make another run at the pennant.

Kim Ng had been passed over for GM jobs before the Dodgers executive offices turned into Guiding Light, so it would be unfair to complete blame the McCourts’ dysfunction for her not getting a promotion.  That said, all the chaos in LaLa these past few years did nothing to help her cause.

Dodgers’ management lost its identity.  Were they the smart front office building a title contender from within with home grown prospects like Matt Kemp.  Or were they a big-spending team a la the Yankees & Red Sox that chases after high salaried players like Manny Ramirez.  Not that you can’t be both, but clearly if you’re going to bring on a veteran superstar onto a young team you have to choose carefully & the Ramirez saga did nothing to help this team in the long run.

I hope that Ng gets a chance to become to become a GM in the majors, not because I want to see someone break the gender barrier, but because she deserves it.

Kim Ng leaves Los Angeles Dodgers for exec position with MLB – ESPN Los Angeles.