Former World Series MVP Charged With Child Sex Abuse
John Wetteland, a former World Series MVP, has been charged in Texas with continuous sex abuse of a child under age 14.
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Light Bats
Rawlings sells baseball bats that don’t weigh what the label says and hitters’ performances are negatively affected, according to a putative federal class action filed Thursday.
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Who Me, Straw Man? Yankee Fan Sues Over Ticket Rescind
Saying he got “caught in the cross-fire” of the war on ticket resellers, a stock broker sued the New York Yankees on Thursday for voiding the nine season tickets he purchased for a whopping $134,000.
Read moreCourt Hears Team’s Challenge to Tax on Bobbleheads
Major League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a finding that sports teams must pay sales taxes on collectible bobblehead toys and other giveaways to fans on game days.
Read moreSupreme Court Won’t Get Involved in Wrigley Field Dispute
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a court decision dismissing a lawsuit filed against the Chicago Cubs by the owners of rooftop clubs adjacent to Wrigley Field.
Read morePeanuts & Crackerjacks
A collector of vintage baseball memorabilia claims in court that Beckett Auctions refuses to return, or pay him for, a consignment worth $560,000. The collection includes a uniform worn by Joe DiMaggio and baseballs signed by Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the 1927 New York Yankees
Read moreBallpark Vendor Cries Foul Over Roasted Mouse in Nut Shipment
A longtime provider of roasted peanuts to Oriole Park claims in court that lax quality controls by its farm suppliers led to a roasted mouse being sold to a spectator and the ensuing cancellation of the vendor’s contract.
Read moreMLB Technology
SportsMedia Technology Corp. claims in a federal complaint that MLB Advanced Media has been willfully infringing a patent for a data-tracking system called PITCHf/x for the the entire 2017 baseball season, and that the same breaches and damage will occur again for the 2018 season.
Read moreBaseball Players in Minors to Lose Minimum Wage Protection
Minor league baseball players who make as little as $5,500 a season were stripped of the protection of federal minimum wage laws under a provision in government spending legislation signed Friday.
Read moreFormer MLB Player Says He Was Defamed By ESPN, Others
A former Major League Baseball player claims in court that ESPN, the Associated Press and USA Today published a defamatory news article that falsely accused him and his company of selling banned performance enhancing substances to professional baseball players.
Read moreProsecutors Seek Third Insider-Trading Trial of CEO
Federal prosecutors in Orange County, Calif., told a judge Tuesday that they want to put a CEO on trial a third time on charges he passed insider stock tips to former baseball star Doug DeCinces.
Read moreAll-Star Pitcher Faces Federal Cocaine Charge
Cocaine smuggling charges against former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza were transferred to federal court Wednesday and Loaiza was transferred from state to federal custody.
Read moreConsumer Class Action
A federal class action claims that MLB Advanced Media dba MLB.Com offers a one-year subscription for $79.99, but automatically renews at $112.99 after eight months, double-billing for the final four months of the first year.
Read moreJury Hangs in SoCal Insider-Trading Trial
A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after the jury deadlocked on whether a Southern California CEO gave insider trading tips about his company’s merger to retired Major League third baseman Doug DeCinces.
Read moreMiami-Dade County Sues Seeking Money From Sale of Marlins
Miami-Dade County is suing former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and the new ownership group led by Derek Jeter seeking money from the $1.2 billion sale of the team.
Read moreDefense & Government Bash One Another in Insider Trading Trial
The defense attorney for a Southern California CEO accused of insider trading told a federal jury Wednesday that the prosecution’s theory of the case makes no sense — and the prosecutor responded that the defense explanation is ridiculous.
Read moreInsider Trading Trial Wrapping Up in California
A federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday that a CEO charged with insider trading lied when he denied tipping former Orioles third-baseman Doug DeCinces to confidential information that his company, Advanced Medical Optics, would soon be acquired for a high price.
Read moreBallplayer Admits He Hung a Friend Out to Dry
Convicted of insider trading last year, baseball star Doug DeCinces on Thursday acknowledged that by not coming clean earlier he allowed a close friend to be wrongfully convicted and left three more friends to face federal charges he could have prevented.
Read moreBaseball Star Tells How It All Came Crashing Down
Former baseball star Doug DeCinces admitted to a federal jury Wednesday that he bought thousands of shares of a medical device company based on confidential information from its CEO that the company was about to be acquired for more than twice the price its shares were bringing.
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