T.J. Simers:  Kings game pinch-hits for a silent Frank McCourt

I had planned on better, a treat really for each and every one of you because Frank McCourt is talking again, making that announcement for some reason while I was on vacation.

Saw it in the paper, though, the headline reading, “McCourt gets back in the game.” It was such big news The Times had two reporters, Dylan Hernandez and Bill Shaikin, write the story.

You can imagine my excitement, the timing perfect with the signing of someone named Johnson and GM Ned Colletti’s declaration the team is now set.

So much to talk about, and as everyone knows by now, Page 2 spends more time with the Dodgers than any other team in town. I could talk Dodgers baseball with McCourt for hours and hours without ever changing the subject, if you know what I mean.

So I sent a text to the Dodgers asking whether it would be best for me to meet with McCourt in his Beverly Hills office now that he is talking again.

“Mr. McCourt has chosen not to speak to you,” came the reply from a team spokesman.