Equal Access
Following unsuccessful negotiations, Ludtke and Time, Inc. (the parent company of Sports Illustrated) sued MLB, seeking equal access to the players by claiming that baseball’s decision “deprived (Ludtke) of covering the sport in the same way as her male colleagues.”
John Odell is the curator of history and research for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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