Major League Baseball (MLB) is refusing to strikeout in one of the latest high-profile lawsuits arising out of denied coronavirus insurance claims. 

The MLB, the baseball commissioner's office, MLB's digital and streaming services, MLB Network, Tickets.com and all thirty teams collectively sued their insurers on October 16th, claiming that MLB purchased top-of-the-line All-Risks policies to protect baseball against the risk of catastrophic economic losses it now faces due to the pandemic. 

The suit alleges that MLB and other plaintiffs paid millions of dollars in premiums each year to AIG, Factory Mutual and Interstate Fire and Casualty Company for broad protective coverage and that the insurers publicly refused to follow through with their end of the contractual agreement. The suit cites fans as the core of baseball's revenue, and claims that nationwide pandemic restrictions forced baseball clubs to cancel games, and prohibited the majority of that fan core from filling the stands.