Fans across Los Angeles celebrated when it was announced late Tuesday night that the sale of the Dodgers was complete.

Applause. APPLAUSE!

It marked the end of the Frank McCourt era.

But the information should have been put on in pieces. This would have been the perfect opportunity for a Ryan Seacrest-type figure to toss out a “And the buyer is … going to be revealed after the break.”

Build the suspense and keep them hanging on before introducing the new owner(s). It’s a simple production technique. Drag the viewer into another segment.

To be clear, it’s a group of investors under the banner “Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC” that is led by Mark Walter. Everyone will focus on the legend included in those names appearing in the crawl. Earvin “Magic” Johnson will attempt to bring his golden touch to the Dodgers after dominating the business world since his retirement from the NBA. Everything he’s done, save for the short-lived talk show commemorated in the title of this entry, has been successful (gyms, movie theaters and Starbucks among others).

McCourt isn’t out of the picture entirely. He’s still in the parking lot and property side of things, but fans of the team can breathe a sigh of relief and find a new source of angst.

Shawn Marion jumps into the fray as well.

Mark Cuban on TMZ

How long will it take to “fix” the Dodgers and turn around the bad karma and public relations collateral damage exacted by Frank McCourt’s series of missteps?

Most importantly, does Bud Selig want Cuban to join this club?

Ned Colletti joined the “Petros & Money” show on KLAC/FOX Sports Radio on Monday afternoon and kind of dismissed the notion of Ramirez’s relocation plans for 2011. To paraphrase, Colletti spoke of his desire to have Ramirez hit the free agent market as the most desirable outfielder and hitter available. I liked his response. Between this and McCourt situation, Colletti’s got a future in crisis management or politics.

Colletti’s answer sums things up nicely, though. Dodgers fans, his prospective fantasy owners and Colletti (not to mention the dueling McCourts) are banking that Manny chuckles it up in MannyWood, slams 35-45 home runs and drives in a ton of runs. Whatever he says along the way won’t distract this team, still young but more experienced, from its playoff aspirations.

Following last year’s suspension, Ramirez hit in line with his first-half numbers from 2008 – you know, the numbers he put up before he was dealt to Los Angeles. They weren’t world-beating lines, but there was solid four-category production to be had.

At worst, Colletti and company get tired of the act (provided that this press conference wasn’t a one-time thing) and deal him off to another team — METS fans, you know they’re on the radar. There’s still life in his bat and in his one-man comedy show.

When he’s right, physically and mentally and not suspended for, well, let’s not get back into that, then Ramirez remains one of the most feared batters in the game. In the LA lineup, he’s in line for another triple-digit RBI count if ready to go. The Dodgers are aware that Ramirez is a problem in the outfield and that’s fine as long as he’s mashing away.

Need I remind you that “Manny being Manny” has a positive connotation as well. That’s good for business. I’m in for a couple of wigs.