Federal prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all the remaining charges against Barry Bonds, days after a judge upheld the slugger's conviction on an obstruction of justice count. The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco filed court papers informing U.S. District Judge Susan Illston it was dismissing the three charges of making false statements still pending against Bonds,

A former payroll manager for the Giants has been arrested on federal charges associated with embezzling more than $1.5M from the club's employees, including players, and using the money for fancy cars and a new home. Robin O'Connor, 41, was confronted by the team in July and acknowledged diverting more than $600,000 from two Giants employees, a criminal complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court in San Francisco said. An affidavit filed by an FBI special agent states that the club immediately fired her. The Giants confirmed Tuesday that the club had discovered possible embezzlement by O'Connor last month.

A federal judge on Thursday declined to rule on Barry Bonds' request to toss out his obstruction of justice conviction. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has been mulling the request since Bonds' lawyers filed legal papers June 15 arguing that jurors found him guilty of "unauthorized rambling" for discussing life as a "celebrity child" when asked whether his trainer ever gave him anything to inject. After a 30-minute hearing in her San Francisco courtroom, Illston said she would issue a written order later. The judge gave no hint of her intentions.

Former Mets and Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged in Los Angeles for allegedly exposing himself to women he met on Craigslist. The city attorney's office said Thursday the 48-year-old former baseball star could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each indecent exposure count.

Mike Flanagan, a former Cy Young winner and part of the Baltimore Orioles 1983 World Series championship team, has died. He was 59. Authorities found a body outside Flanagan's home in Monkton, Md., on Wednesday afternoon. Hours later, the Orioles confirmed that Flanagan, who served the team as a pitcher, front office executive and television broadcaster, was dead.

Major League Baseball has concluded two days of meetings with no action on the proposed sale of the Astros, according to an ESPN.com report. Bud Selig says the Astros sale wasn't even addressed by the owners in their annual summit. Selig announced Monday that the vote to approve the club's sale for $680M from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane was going to be delayed. He says his office is doing its due diligence and wouldn't comment further.

Astros owner Drayton McLane remains confident the sale of the team to a group led by Houston businessman Jim Crane will be approved by his fellow owners. Major League Baseball announced on Monday that an ownership vote had been postponed. McLane announced in May he had reached an agreement to sell the team to Crane's group, pending approval of baseball's other owners.

Alex Rodriguez will meet with Major League Baseball investigators in the next few days to discuss his alleged participation in high-stakes poker games. The third baseman is expected to meet with officials around the time he returns to the Yankees from the disabled list. Whenever the sides meet, Rodriguez almost surely will not face a suspension for playing in the games, according to multiple reports. A source told The New York Daily News that the league just wants to tell him "to stop getting in these crazy situations."

The Dodgers are struggling financially, which is no surprise, but a drop in attendance has furthered their woes. The Los Angeles Times writes that the team has lost $27 million this season and that may only be the beginning. The figures are based on the decrease in tickets sold, the only numbers Major League Baseball makes available. It cannot include an accurate picture of revenue lost from no-shows.

The Dodgers and Major League Baseball have agreed on a bankruptcy financing plan for the team. A court filing in Delaware outlined a plan for the league to provide unsecured financing of up to $150 million for the Dodgers.