Ex-Minor Leaguer May Sue MLB Over Steroid Use

Mitchell Report Aftermath: Lawsuits?

Posted 1/8/2008 on Knuckle Curve - Baseball News

Lost in the Roger Clemens - Brian McNamee spat that has resulted in Clemens filing suit against his former trainer is the story of the little guy. You know, the guy who never made it because he wasn’t juicing. Ex-minor-leaguer Rich Hartmann reportedly may file a class-action suit against MLB. Quoth Hartmann: Was I cheated of my dreams of a big-league career? I don’t know. But I ...

Tony Micelli got himself a lawyer

Posted 1/7/2008 on Hugging Harold Reynolds

Ex-minor leaguer could sue MLB NEW YORK (Ticker) - Major League Baseball could face a class-action lawsuit from former minor leaguers who believe they were denied a fair shot at making the majors because of steroids in the game. Ex-St. Louis Cardinals farmhand Rich Hartmann told the New York Daily News he is considering filing the lawsuit, and has support from former teammates. "Was I ...

Ex-minor leaguer may sue MLB

Posted 1/6/2008 on BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Rich Hartmann, Rich Hartmann...late of the Fernwood Nine. Rich Hartmann is now a 35-year-old operations manager at a Manhattan bank, but in the mid-1990s he was a minor league pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization. He doesn’t know if he was good enough to play in the big leagues. But he suspects he never got a fair shot, and he’s certain there were many minor leaguers who were ...