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Yankees, MLB ask judge to throw out lawsuit filed by Staten Island Yankees, report says
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
The Staten Island Yankees, who called Richmond County Bank Ballpark home, are suing the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball.AP
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The Staten Island Yankees aren’t going down without a fight. But it could be a very quick battle.
Sportico reports “Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees have filed a motion to dismiss the Staten Island Yankees’ lawsuit. MLB and the Bronx Bombers maintain that the minor league club, which last month sued them and Steinbrenner family trustee Charles Norman Stallings for $20 million, has offered ‘a grab bag of purported claims’ that are devoid of merit.”