U.S. District Judge
The plaintiffs claimed in a proposed class action lawsuit that sign-stealing caused them to lose money on corrupted games.
”Did the initial efforts of those teams, and supposedly of Major League Baseball itself, to conceal these foul deeds from the simple sports bettors who wagered on fantasy baseball create a cognizable legal claim?” the judge, an avowed fan of the New York Yankees, asked in a 32-page opinion. “On the allegations here made, the answer is no.”
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