Vice chairman, Steve Soboroff, of the Los Angeles Dodgers resigned on Saturday, Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com reports.  Jackson said that MLB oversight was the cause of Soboroff’s departure.

In Soboroff’s resignation letter to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, he said, “an unanticipated action by the commissioner of Major League Baseball resulted (understandably) in elevating the resolution of ‘control and ownership’ issues to top priority, as it remains to this day. As a consequence, it is not possible for me to effectively work on the very initiatives and contributions that you had hired me to implement.”

Soboroff was hired in the wake of the beating of San Francisco Giants’ fan Bryan Stow to “(lead) efforts to improve the fan experience at the stadium.”

On the day that Soboroff was hired he said “there is no question in my mind (that) Frank McCourt is financially fine.”  McCourt is rumored to be in danger of not being able to make next week’s payroll.

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