"Frank McCourt's disregard for Dodgers fans continues.

The bidding process for the Dodgers officially begins Monday, 97 days to go with the Parking Lot Attendant, but he's not leaving without taking the team down another notch.

He has a chance to offer Dodgers fans some hope, about the only thing baseball fans ask for as a new season begins.

But right now the 2012 Dodgers look about the same as the also-ran 2011 Dodgers.

The best General Manager Ned Colletti can do is talk up Mark Ellis at second base, while just as quickly apologizing for Ellis' inability to hit.

And yet Prince Fielder sits unsigned.

McCourt allowed Vladimir Guerrero to slip away when buying the team, and now as he's about to leave, the same can be said about Fielder.

To give McCourt the benefit of the doubt, maybe it didn't make sense a few months back to pay big money to Fielder at the risk of turning off potential Dodgers bidders.

But we know so much more now.

We know there's a long list of billionaires who want to bid on the Dodgers, no one seemingly frightened away by the long list of wealthy competitors who will drive the price up.

We know there has been much talk about McCourt hanging onto the parking lots, a new owner leasing them for $14 million with the annual payment increasing in 2015 and every five years thereafter."