Posted on 08/22/2006 6:33:34 PM PDT by Cagey
Dispute's outcome could have ramifications for Major League Baseball.
Long before the Baltimore Orioles passed out lipstick and the Red Sox and other baseball teams began selling pink hats, ``ladies-night" giveaways have been a fixture of America's pastime.
But a California lawyer, denied a free hat at an Oakland A's game because they were reserved for female fans, has filed suit against the team to put a stop to the practice. Alfred Rava calls such giveaways ``sex discrimination on steroids." He is also suing the Los Angeles Angels for giving away tote bags to women only on Mother's Day.
When Rava attended the Oakland game in 2004 , he said he asked for one of the hats that were being given out. ``The woman laughed at me and said, `No, these are only for females,' " or ``words to that effect," Rava said.
He said he filed the suits ``on behalf of other males who were denied [giveaways] because of their sex." He is seeking damages of $4,000 for each man at the games who did not receive gifts.
The outcome of the dispute could have ramifications for Major League Baseball, as well as for minor league teams, which frequently run promotions targeted at women and other specific groups . The Angels tried to make amends by offering a free tote bag, but it did little to placate Rava and the client he is representing in the case (``too late -- the discrimination had already occurred," Rava said.)
The A's, meanwhile, have changed their policy: They decided to let men into their Baseball 101 clinic, which had been marketed toward women, and the team no longer bases its promotions on gender.
``We're cognizant of it," said an A's spokesman, Jim Young . Even children's backpack giveaways now are available ..................
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They've got something that appeals to men--baseball.
de minimus
Well, he should have gotten a hat on Ladies Night cuz he IS a pu$$y.
( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)
He complaining about not being treated as a woman? I'm sure 'bubbah' in the pen will oblige him if he's that desperate.
Lawyers are sick and evil creatures.
Homosexuals wanting free hats on ladies night out PING.
I think any guy who wants a pink hat should get one, providing they wear it all though the game.
Why does this guy remind me of the guy who tried to sue Hooters because he wasn't hired as a Hooters girl?
Of course he will consider a counter offer that he won't have to share with others.
Boy, where's the Vice-President when we need him?!
They should offer bennies to ADULT SHORT PEOPLE...anyone adult under 5'2" will target the women.
Alfred badly needs to meet Ben Dover
wuss
Doogle
Well, he should have gotten a hat on Ladies Night cuz he IS a pu$$y.Actually, the "hat" this guy needs is made of polymer, comes pre-lubed, and would fit snugly over his cranium.
-Eric
Says it all doesn't it?
This is the point where a prudent man should have stopped reading the article.
It denies faggots and dykes the opportunity to cash in, as they can't ever be biologically reproductive with their "partners", and require intervention from others to become "parents".
That's precisely where I stopped, A.
I was there! Unfortunately I lost my stub when I used it to... um... save a little rabbit from being by a wild fox! Yeah, that's it. Honest.
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