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Entertainment & Sports

May 11, 2006

Panel Ejects Baseball Race Discrimination Bid

A group of mostly white retired professional baseball players who claim they are victims of reverse discrimination struck out Tuesday with a three-judge federal appellate panel.

By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A group of mostly white retired professional baseball players who claim they are victims of reverse discrimination struck out Tuesday with a three-judge federal appellate panel.
      By a 3-0 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected their claims that Major League Baseball denied them pension and medical benefits be...

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