Failed Red Sox Bid
Before buying the Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank McCourt made a bid to buy his hometown Boston Red Sox. However, the Red Sox were sold in 2002 to John W. Henry, Tom Werner and Red Sox President Larry Lucchino.
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