MLB being sued for moving All-Star Game

MLB is being sued over its move of next month’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta.

A 21-page lawsuit by conservative small-business advocacy organization Job Creators Network, filed Monday in federal court in New York, demands the immediate return of the game to Atlanta and $100 million in damages to local and state small businesses. The suit also seeks $1 billion in punitive damages.

MLB, the MLB Players Association, Commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark are named as defendants in the suit.

MLB announced April 2 that it would move the All-Star Game, which was scheduled for Truist Park, out of Georgia in response to the state’s new voting law. The July 13 event was awarded to Denver the following week.

“MLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta many of them minority-owned of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs,” Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network, said in a statement. “This was a kneejerk, hypocritical and illegal reaction to misinformation about Georgia’s new voting law which includes Voter-ID.”

GIANTS SET TO SHOW PRIDE >> The Giants will become the first MLB team to incorporate Pride colors into their on-field uniforms when they face the Cubs on Saturday at Oracle Park.

Players and coaches will wear jerseys that feature an SF logo “Pride Patch” on their sleeves and caps that incorporate the Pride colors into the SF logo.

“We are extremely proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as we kick off one of the best annual celebrations in San Francisco by paying honor to the countless achievements and contributions of all those who identify as LGBTQ+ and are allies of the LGBTQ+ community,” Giants CEO Larry Baer said in a statement released by the team.