McCourt's MLB witch hunt is turned down by bankruptcy judge

Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross turned down the Dodger owner's efforts to collect documents in matters ranging from the financial records of the New York Mets to security at Angel Stadium. Lawyers have been trying to prove that Commissioner Bud Selig had it in for McCourt. "This is clearly, in my mind, not an appropriate occasion to turn this hearing into a trial on the commissioner," Gross said. From the LAT:

Gross' ruling sets up a July 20 hearing, at which he will decide whether Dodgers owner Frank McCourt can use his own financing during the bankruptcy process. MLB has offered to extend a loan on better terms -- at a lower rate of interest and without $9.75 million in fees. McCourt argued that he should not be compelled to accept a loan from MLB because the league is "overtly hostile" toward him, and his attorneys claimed that the documents and deposition would be necessary to show how Selig had treated the Dodgers far differently than other teams in financial trouble.