Via Hardball Talk, the judge in the Dodgers bankruptcy case handed Frank McCourt a defeat:

Major League Baseball does not have to turn over a wide range of documents to the Dodgers or make Commissioner Bud Selig available for a deposition, the judge in the Dodgers’ bankruptcy hearing ruled on Thursday.

“This is clearly, in my mind, not an appropriate occasion to turn this hearing into a trial on the commissioner,” U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross said.

That’s good for getting the Dodgers issue settle quicker, but it would have been fun to see Bud raked over the coals a bit.