Female MLB Official Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against League

Major League Baseball is facing a lawsuit from Sylvia Lind, who works in the Office of the Commissioner as the director of baseball initiatives. 

According to a report from the Associated Press, via FoxSports.com, Lind has filed a discrimination lawsuit against MLB:

Sylvia Lind's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks unspecified damages for what she describes as a failure by the league to consider, interview, appoint and promote qualified Hispanic women to managerial and executive positions. Lind, 48, says the league has created a hostile work environment for her because of her age.

Among the key names listed as defendants, per the AP report, are outgoing commissioner Bud Selig and Frank Robinson. Lind claims in the suit that she "works in an industry dominated by white men and has been passed over for promotions and underpaid since 1995."

Robinson, who has been the executive vice president of baseball development for over two years, is specifically cited by Lind in the suit because he "criticized her writing and other skills" and "lacked the educational credentials, professional license and executive experience to qualify for the job, which paid him more than $1 million annually."

MLB did not immediately return the AP's request for comment on the lawsuit. 

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