MLB Umpire Sues the League, Commissioner for Racial Discrimination
By Jordan Kobritz
Earlier this month MLB umpire Angel Hernandez filed a lawsuit against the league and Commissioner Rob Manfred alleging racial discrimination against minority umpires.
Hernandez’ suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, comes on the heels of two discrimination charges he filed against MLB with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in June. The suit claims violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Ohio state law. U.S. Dis