WILMINGTON, Del. — The power struggle between the owner of the Dodgers and Major League Baseball ended in a temporary truce Tuesday as the two parties agreed to let the team accept interim financing from an outside lender and removed a key requirement tying the loan to a sale of the Dodgers’ future television rights.
The compromise, approved in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, will allow the Dodgers to pay their day-to-day expenses one day after the team filed for bankruptcy protection. The parties will reappear in court July 20, when the judge will reconsider the loan arrangement.
• The Dodgers shut down closer Jonathan Broxton because of a bone bruise in his right elbow.
Court balks at Clemens’ pitch
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t revive baseball star Roger Clemens’ lawsuit against his former personal trainer Brian McNamee for claiming he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormones.
The high court refused to hear an appeal from the seven- time Cy Young Award winner, who has an upcoming perjury trial in Washington. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Clemens’ defamation suit against McNamee, saying a Texas federal court didn’t have jurisdiction over Clemens’ claims involving statements McNamee made in New York. Clemens wanted that decision overturned, but the high court refused to take up the case.
Footnotes.
The Phillies placed closer Ryan Madson on the 15-day disabled list with a right hand contusion and recalled right-hander Andrew Carpenter from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
• Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo could miss up to 2 1/2 months after having surgery on his broken left thumb.
• The Athletics placed reliever Grant Balfour (oblique) on the DL.
• Former Twins team president Howard Fox died in hospice care near his home in Orlando, Fla. He was 90.
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