MLB Scolds Teams Over Subpar Facilities for Women

Time for an update.

Major League Baseball said numerous clubs’ stadiums “fall embarrassingly below the high standards” necessary for women who are part of the game’s traveling parties to do their jobs, create an “untenable working environment” and that teams must soon must reconfigure their facilities to fix what the league deemed “unacceptable.”

ESPN obtained a copy of the statement that read

“Over the first six weeks of the season, it has become clear that a number of Clubs are not in compliance with these requirements, particularly with respect to hosting women on visiting teams.”

In a pointed letter last week, MLB said some stadiums' facilities for women who travel with teams “fall embarrassingly below the high standards” necessary for them to do their jobs and are “unacceptable.” Story at @espn on the shortcomings MLB must fix: https://t.co/LdM69fZIs9 pic.twitter.com/1OOtAX7rvH

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 27, 2022

And yet somehow an increasingly large number of women are intimately involved in it, from running an entire baseball-operations department to managing a minor league team to directing a farm system, while you, a man — a very little, sad man — are tweeting. https://t.co/xMtysnZzh5

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 27, 2022

According to ESPN, several women shared various feelings and thoughts in the memo about their experience of being forced to plan trips to other areas of the stadium just to use the restroom.

The memo requested that each team share comprehensive plans as well as accounts of potential changes by June 3rd.

“We understand that space constraints in some ballparks may limit clubs’ ability to adhere to these requirements,” the memo said. “However, we expect all Clubs to make the necessary sacrifices in order to provide satisfactory facilities to all female staff.”

The league did not provide consequences yet for teams that won’t comply.

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