DODGERS FANTASY OWNERS.Byline: Glenn Gaslin Daily News Staff Writer Disney broke important ground by turning an Emilio Estevez Emilio Estévez (born May 12, 1962) is an American actor, director and writer. Biography Personal life Estévez was born in New York, New York, the eldest child of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet (née Templeton). movie into a National Hockey League National Hockey League (NHL) Organization of professional North American ice-hockey teams. The league was formed in 1917 by five Canadian teams; the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924. It today consists of 30 teams in two conferences and six divisions. team. Professional sports has become more about corporations and brand-name entertainment than a family business. Shaq's a video game. Michael Jordan plays in a cartoon league. And Dennis Rodman's a special effect. So could Hollywood's own Dodgers go the way of the Mighty Ducks? Or beyond? Movie moguls may be on the phone to O'Malley right now. (DreamWorks already has expressed interest.) Imagine what would happen if the Dodgers were sold to ... Universal Studios. Dinodgers play in Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton is batting coach. Robotic T-rex sells beer. (Or the Dodgers boldly go where no ballclub has ever gone as the L.A. Trekkies. Players wear green polyester unitards and home games are played in Enterprise Stadium, in orbit around Earth.) Time-Warner. Purple, drooling drooling the discharge of saliva from the mouth. A normal feature in some breeds of dogs such as St. Bernard, Newfoundland and English bulldog, presumably because of their loose, pendulous lips. animated extraterrestrial thugs suck the skill out of all-stars and are pitted against Bugs Bunny and those zany Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . toons. DreamWorks. They build a new stadium. Hire the best players, the best coaches. But, strangely, years go by and they never, ever play. 20th Century Fox. The Homers? No. The Bundy's? Nah. Work that paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. thing and call them the X-Team. They'd play that spooky ``X-Files'' music on the organ. Mascot? Naked alien. Death Row Records. Further exploiting the late rapper's death, the team is called the L.A. Tupacs. Caps give way to bandanas, uniforms sport his motto, ``Thug Life.'' Fans have albums' worth of chants to choose from. ``Centerfield n. 1. (Baseball) the part of the outfield directly ahead of the catcher. Noun 1. centerfield - the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center" center field, center ? Centerfield where you at!'' CAPTION(S): 4 drawings Drawing: (1) Dinododgers (2) L.A. Tupacs (3) The X-dodgers (4) Bugs Bunny Time Warner Dodgers |
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