"By the time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw throws the first pitch of the Dodgers' season April 5, the cloud of uncertainty that has lingered over the team for more than two years should finally have passed.

Frank McCourt, no longer fighting to retain control of the Dodgers, has agreed to select his successor as the team's owner by the first week in April. The Dodgers are expected to command a record price for a major league club, and the sale process begins in earnest Monday."