Ten thoughts about the routine story — you know, basketball star buys premier baseball franchise for $2.15 billion — that broke on Tuesday night . 1. November 1991. I'm walking home from the bus with a friend. His sister greets us at the door. "Did you hear about Magic?" she asks. "He just announced he has HIV." My head spins. My first thought is that he'll soon be dead. But of course Magic doesn't die. He plays several more seasons in the NBA. He hosts a talk show. He buys Starbucks and movie theaters and becomes the very example of what an athlete should do with his fame and fortune once his playing days are over. Eventually he becomes part of a group that pledges $2 billion to buy and restore the Dodgers to their rightful place as a baseball powerhouse, not laughingstock. The story is so incredible and it's definitely among the most quintessentially American tales of the past 50 years or so. 2. Of course, on the other side of the coin, is Frank McCourt. The man was born in a parking garage on third base, was thrown out stealing home and still somehow walks away by getting someone to pay him $2.15 billion for a franchise he purchased for a highly-leveraged $435...