A 68-year-old former scouting supervisor for the Cincinnati Reds, who was based in the Southland, is suing the baseball team, alleging he was fired in 2018 because of his age.
Rick Ingalls’ Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges age discrimination, failure to prevent age discrimination and wrongful termination. The complaint, filed Tuesday, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
Larry Herms, the Reds’ director of media relations, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Ingalls is a former professional baseball player with 35 years experience as a scout, according to his court papers. He joined the Reds as a scouting supervisor in 2010, the suit states.
In August 2017, the Reds began replacing older management employees with younger people and the Reds declined to renew his contract in November 2018, when he was 67 years old, the suit alleges.
Ingalls’ replacement was in his late 20s and had two years experience as a scout, according to the complaint, which alleges the plaintiff also was passed over for other open scouting positions by younger candidates with less experience.