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Frank McCourt became the fourth owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jan. 29, 2004.-(AP) LOS ANGELES -- A bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday ordered Major League Baseball to produce various documents sought by the Dodgers in the lead-up to next week's hearings that will decide whether Frank McCourt must sell the team. Judge Kevin Gross ruled that MLB must provide press releases pertaining to the D football game odgers, documents regarding the monitor sent by Commissioner Bud Selig to oversee club operations earlier this year, minutes of meetings of MLB's Executive Committee pertaining to the Dodgers and communications involving Charles Steinberg, a former Dodgers executive now working for MLB. A lawyer for the club said on Tuesday that Steinberg's communications could determine if he violated a non-discl football game osure agreement that was part of his severance when he left the club in 2009. Steinberg was the Dodgers' executive vice president reporting to former club president Jamie McCourt, who recently reached a divorce settlement with Frank McCourt that pays her a reported $130 million and gives Frank McCourt full ownership of the club. The settlement, however, is believed contingent on McCourt prevailing football game in his attempt to restructure the club and emerge from bankruptcy. Gross asked McCourt's lawyers to produce a copy of that settlement. Prior to Tuesday's evidentiary hearing, both sides filed briefs outlining their cases for next week's hearing, at which Selig and Frank McCourt will testify. McCourt is asking for approval to auction future media rights as the club's best path out of bankruptcy, c football game laiming Selig acted in bad faith by refusing to approve a previous TV deal and forced the club into bankruptcy protection. McCourt has asked that the court overrule Selig, who has said he will not approve any rights deal McCourt submits because it would not be in the best interests of MLB, the Dodgers and fans. MLB has asked the court to put the club up for sale, insisting that McCourt would be vi football game olating MLB rules by selling TV rights without Commissioner approval and charging that McCourt would use proceeds from such a sale to pay personal debt after already ""looting"" the club of $189 million for personal use. FOX, current holder of the club media rights, has sided with MLB and sued the team for breaching its contract. MLB, in its filing, accused McCourt of taking $73 million in parking football game revenues, using $61 million to pay personal debt and another $55 million in personal distributions. The team claims that MLB approved of the company's complicated structure, which provides for one McCourt entity to pay another $14 million rent for the club's use of Dodger Stadium. Among the issues expected to arise during next week's hearing is Dodger Stadium security, in light of the Opening Day football game beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow, who was critically injured in a parking lot attack. MLB claims lax security is a violation of MLB rules and indicative of McCourt's mismanagement, while the club charges Selig with capitalizing on the negative publicity from Stow's injuries to help build a case against McCourt. Also, all sides have agreed to place two fans on the creditors' committee to represent football game season-ticket holders, who had sought to create a separate creditors committee." football game
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