Sammy Sosa is being sued for $203,000 by a businessman in the Dominican Republic who says the former Major Leaguer owes him for commission on a house sale, amongst other things. Carim Abu Nabaa alleges that Sosa has not paid him a commission of $150,000 on a house sale, $43,000 for a luxury watch, and $10,000 for getting Reggaeton singer Don Omar to perform at Sosa's 41st birthday party.

Responding to his estranged wife Jamie's request for monthly financial support, Frank McCourt said his checking account had fallen as low as $167,000 in recent weeks, before he received $1 million from a quarterly distribution. In a separate filing, Jeffrey Ingram, chief operating officer of the McCourt Group, said McCourt's annual income from the team is capped at $5 million under a credit agreement with Bank of America. Bert Fields, an attorney for Jamie McCourt, said Frank McCourt's claims raise the question of whether he can continue to field a team with a $100-million payroll. "If it were true that he really doesn't have the resources to pay anything, then you'd have serious concern about his ability to run a baseball team," Fields said. "If Mr. McCourt meant what he said, how is he going to pay all these guys?" Frank McCourt claims sole ownership of the team. His attorney, Marshall Grossman, said player payroll would not be a problem. "The players play for the Dodgers and get paid by the Dodgers," Grossman said. "Frank doesn't meet the payroll out of his own bank account any more than any other shareholder of any other company does."

During his Cy Young conference call, Tim Lincecum made the following statement regarding his recent arrest for marijuana possession. "I made a mistake and I regret my actions earlier this month in Washington. I want to apologize to the Giants organization and to the fans. "I know that as a professional athlete I have a responsibility to conduct myself appropriately both on and off the field. "I certainly have learned a valuable lesson from all of this. And I promise to do better in the future. I hope and expect the matter to be resolved soon? and (I?m already) getting ready for the 2010 season. "Because all this is pending before the courts, this is all I can say on the topic right now."

The soon-to-be ex-wife of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, Jamie, claims that allegations of an affair are untrue. McCourt recently filed paperwork for her divorce from Frank and added that she "absolutely" views herself as an owner of the Dodgers. Jamie McCourt, who also is a lawyer, told the Los Angeles Times that she has a plan to purchase the Dodgers outright. Recently, Frank McCourt had her CEO title removed.

Giants prospect Angel Villalona is charged with murder in the Sept. 19 barroom shooting death of a man in the Dominican Republic, but was released on bail last Friday, according to an Associated Press report from the island nation. With rumors abounding of a lucrative payoff, the family of the deceased man, Mario Felix de Jesus Velete, reportedly have requested that all charges against Villalona be withdrawn. But prosecutor Jose Antonio Polanco told the AP that his office would proceed with its murder case against Villalona and a trial would begin shortly. "This is a case of public policy and we intend to continue to the end with this accusation," Polanco was quoted as saying.

Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum reportedly has an agreement with a prosecutor that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge. Clark County (Wsh.) prosecutors have reached a deal that would result in a $250 fine for possessing a marijuana pipe. "We negotiated the case in the manner we do with just about every first-time marijuana-drug paraphernalia case where the individual is cooperative with the officer," Grant Hansen, a Clark County deputy prosecutor, told The Columbian. "We dismissed possession of marijuana and amended the other charge to buying or selling drug paraphernalia, a Class A civil infraction."

The wife of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has lost her bid to be reinstated as the team's chief executive. Jamie McCourt was fired last month by her husband, who claims she was having an affair. She was reportedly having an affair with a team employee. The McCourts are in the midst of a divorce.

Tim Lincecum faces misdemeanor marijuana possession charges after Washington State police found a small amount of the drug during a traffic stop on Oct. 30. Lincecum was stopped just outside Vancouver, Wash, which is just across the Columbia River from the Oregon border. Lincecum produced a pipe from his dashboard console and 3.3 grams of material.

Former Yankees slugger Jim Leyritz insists that a two-car accident in which one person died was not his fault. He'll stand trail for DUI manslaughter in two months. "I wasn't doing anything that I thought was against the rules, whether it be the drinking part or the actual driving part," Leyritz told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap. Leyritz placed blame on the Freida Veitch, the driver of an SUV who died in the accident, nearly two years after the accident. "There are records that will show that there was text messages and phone calls coming in at that time that could've distracted her," said Leyritz.