Ministers say McCourt deserves a second chance

Embattled Dodgers owner Frank McCourt appears to be making a bid to show Major League Baseball that God –- or at least the leadership of some primarily African American Los Angeles-area churches -– is on his side.

After a meeting with McCourt last week, a group of 20 ministers of Baptist and Methodist churches wrote a letter to baseball Commissioner Bud Selig urging him to give McCourt a second chance.

John J. Hunter, senior minister of First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles said at a news conference in front of the church Friday that McCourt's "inner circle" reached out to the pastors.

The pastors' letter cited the Dodgers' history in the Civil Rights movement, as the home of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play for a major league baseball team. Hunter called McCourt a "faithful steward" of the franchise.

Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch confirmed that McCourt had received a copy of the letter but said beyond that, McCourt has no comment on the matter.

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