Pissed you haven’t gotten any sort of refund back for the baseball tickets you have already purchased but haven’t been able to use? Rightfully so. And you’re not the only one, which is why MLB, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, all 30 teams, and others are currently being sued.

First off, how has everyone been getting away with this? Because the games are technically “postponed” not outright “cancelled.” But… postponed until when?

Two baseball fans, Matthew Ajzenman and Susan Terry-Bazer, are fighting back. Ajzenman bought a partial season plan for over 20 Mets games (yes, one of us!) and Terry-Bazer bought six tickets for the May 9th Yankees-Red Sox game in the Bronx. According to the LA Times, the two are suing Major League Baseball, all 30 teams, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Stubhub, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and other defendants. They are asking for their money back for the tickets and also for certification of class-action status.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Los Angeles, CA. According to the complaint, more than $1 billion is tied up in these tickets — which is not surprising. I’m sure many of us have money tied up in this right now.

Some snippets from the lawsuit:

“While many businesses across this country have acted lawfully and ethically by providing consumers with refunds for events that will never occur during this pandemic, sometimes at the risk of bankruptcy, it remains notable that America’s pastime – baseball – is refusing to do right by its fans. As stadiums remain empty for the foreseeable future, baseball fans are stuck with expensive and unusable tickets for unplayable games in the midst of this economic crisis.”

“Baseball fans are stuck with expensive and unusable tickets for unplayable games in the midst of this economic crisis . . . Under the pretext of `postponing’ games, at the directive of MLB, teams and ticket merchants are refusing to issue refunds for games which are not going to be played as scheduled — if ever.”

“The Defendants continue to retain enormous profits from tickets sold for the 2020 MLB season at the expense of fans’ financial hardship. According to recent reporting, and with respect to tickets across the sports spectrum, “[m]more than $1 billion in consumer capital is tied up in tickets to games that are stuck in limbo because of the pandemic, according to conservative estimates. It affects ticket holders of all stripes and trickles downstrain to the secondary market… which faces its own financial reckoning if games are canceled.”

You can read the whole suit here. We will keep you posted as we learn more.