Senators ask MLB why antitrust exemption needed in minors


              FILE - The Erie SeaWolves host the Altoona Curve for an Eastern League baseball game at UPMC Park in Erie, Pa., June 4, 2019. Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to explain the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players.  (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Birmingham Barons pitcher Jimmy Lambert throws a pitch during a Double-A game between the Barons and the Montgomery Biscuits at Rickwood Field, America's oldest baseball park, in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to explain the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players.  (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
            
              FILE - Quad Cities River Bandits players warm up before a Class-A Midwest League baseball game against the Cedar Rapids Kernels in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Monday, May 13, 2019. Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to explain the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Senators ask MLB why antitrust exemption needed in minors