Frank McCourt will be able to make payroll Thursday and keep the Los Angeles Dodgers for the time being.  And guess where his next big loan may come from: Major League Baseball.  The Dodgers owner and MLB officials, at odds over his alleged mismanagement of the team's finances, agreed today that McCourt can use the $150 million he has obtained in interim financing to pay for the team's expenses, the Los Angeles Times reports.  That loan comes with a $4.5 million fee and at least a 10% interest rate, the newspaper said, so MLB has offered to provide McCourt with operating capital at 7% interest and no fee.  The parties met in U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware and agreed on a July 20 date to determine whether MLB money will replace McCourt's financing.  McCourt filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, arguing that Commissioner Bud Selig's refusal to approve a deal for the Dodgers' cable-TV rights in hindering the club's ability to pay its bills.  On Tuesday, baseball's lawyers blasted McCourt for using the team's money for his own interests.  "Having siphoned off well over $100 million of club revenues and obviously unable to distinguish between his personal interests and those of the club, Frank McCourt has driven the Dodgers into a liquidity crisis so severe that, absent extraordinary measures, the club would be unable to make its payroll,'' MLB officials said in a court filing.  "Mr. McCourt attempted to use that looming disaster to leverage (baseball) into approving the sale of the club's broadcast rights to pay current expenses and to permit millions more to be misappropriated for personal use.''  See photos of: Los Angeles Dodgers  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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