High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1998 season saw the sale of the franchise from Peter O`Malley to the News Corporation (Fox) take effect. The new corporate executives would quickly anger Dodger fans when they bypassed General Manager Fred Claire and made one of the biggest trades in franchise history. They traded All-Star catcher Mike Piazza and starting third baseman Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for a package that included Gary Sheffield.