Topic: Bud Selig

Ticket holders get say in Dodgers bankruptcy

Los Angeles Dodgers season ticket-holders were given a voice in the club's bankruptcy case on Tuesday when they received two seats on the creditors' committee.The US trustee for Delaware's bankruptcy court agreed to appoint two representatives of the season ticket-holders to the ...

Dodgers bid to examine Selig-MLB dealings

Los Angeles Dodgers lawyers pressed a bankruptcy judge on Monday for permission to explore Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig's relationship with other clubs.Judge Kevin Gross, who plans to start hearing the bankruptcy case October 31, has said he will limit the ...

Judge schedules Dodgers bankruptcy hearing

The judge overseeing the Los Angeles Dodgers' bankruptcy scheduled a hearing at which he expects baseball commisioner Bud Selig and beleaguered team owner Frank McCourt to testify.Judge Kevin Gross on Friday said he was setting aside four days, starting on October 31, ...

Dodgers want to delay MLB push for sale

Los Angeles Dodgers team attorneys asked a bankruptcy court on Tuesday to delay Major League Baseball's demand for a sale of the team until at least December as they seek television rights income.In court filings viewed by the Los Angeles Times, lawyers ...

Analysis: McCourt's long-shot odds to hang on to Dodgers

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Frank McCourt's decision to put the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in bankruptcy is a bit like a knuckleball: if conditions are perfect, it could be a wild way to stay in the game.The parking lot tycoon and ...

Dodgers owner: Proposed MLB loan "deal with the devil"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt argued in court papers filed on Monday that taking a loan from Major League Baseball would be akin to a "deal with the devil."The filing came in advance of a hearing set ...

Beating victim named to Dodgers creditor committee

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A representative of a baseball fan who was brutally beaten at an opening-day Los Angeles Dodgers game was named to a creditors committee in the bankruptcy and wants to investigate the team's complex ownership.A lawyer for Bryan Stow, ...

Commissioner says baseball stadiums reviewing safety

Commissioner Bud Selig said American baseball teams are reviewing safety at their stadiums after a Texas Rangers fan plummeted to his death during a game last week.Selig said Major League Baseball clubs are looking at potential danger spots in stadiums to see ...

Victim in Dodger Stadium beating shows improvement

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants fan who was badly beaten at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day has been upgraded from critical to serious condition after showing signs of improvement, doctors said on Wednesday.Bryan Stow, who suffered a skull fracture ...

Dodger Stadium beating suspect sent back to prison

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An ex-convict arrested in the severe beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium was found in violation of his parole on Monday and ordered returned to prison for 10 months.A California parole commissioner ruled that ...
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