And it's more than keeping the poor folks from using the new concession stands and restrooms on the field level once the game has started, or the decision not to upgrade the concession stands and restrooms everywhere else this off-season.

It's a matter of trust, McCourt promising five years ago at a packed news conference to be "transparent" in everything he does, while saying, "I know what it takes to inspire and to lead," and "I'm not afraid to spend whatever it takes to bring a world championship back to Los Angeles."

Do you believe he's not afraid to spend whatever it takes to bring a world championship to Los Angeles?

Do you think he knows what it takes to inspire and lead?

Do you feel McCourt is transparent, as the dictionary defines it, "open, frank and candid?"

SIXTY DAYS until pitchers and catchers report and do you have any idea what the Dodgers are trying to do this off-season?

Is McCourt following last year's blueprint for success, hanging tough in a lousy division until he can take advantage of desperate free agents late into the off-season and then improving again on the cheap at the trading deadline?

I put in a call to McCourt, knowing his desire to always be transparent, and got his secretary's voice mail.

When she didn't return the call, I contacted Josh Rawitch, one of the team's many PR guys. He took down my request, and I never heard from him again.

"I want to make sure everyone remembers that it's a long off-season and that we are far from a finished product," Rawitch wrote. "And to be honest, as we learned last year, the team that you go to Spring Training with is hardly a finished product either. Manny [Ramirez], [Casey] Blake, [Greg] Maddux, [Angel] Berroa, and many others never set foot in Vero Beach."

The Dodgers have made a pretty big deal about inviting fans to their new spring training site in Arizona, but if I'm reading the PR guy correctly, it's not like you're going to see the players who really end up there making the biggest difference later this season.

I tried McCourt's office again, and got his secretary, who said he was traveling. Don't you hate it when you leave your cellphone at home?