{
  "id": 10967098,
  "title": "Women’s Baseball League CEO Fires Board Member After $600K Offer to Drop Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/womens-baseball-league-ceo-fires-board-member-after-600k-offer-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Front Office Sports",
    "slug": "front-office-sports",
    "url": "https://frontofficesports.com/article/keith-stein-fires-mina-kim-wpbl/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Keith Stein, CEO of the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL), has removed Mina Kim from the league's board and fired her, rejecting a $600,000 offer for her to drop her legal dispute. Kim, the league's largest investor, filed a Delaware lawsuit demanding financial records from Stein and the WPBL. Stein described her as a \"disgruntled investor\" seeking more influence than permitted. The WPBL will file a motion to dismiss her case. Stein also announced an audit by a national accounting firm and the appointment of Dave Stewart as a new board member.",
  "summary": "The firing effectively ends Mina Kim’s case.",
  "key_points": [
    "Keith Stein fired Mina Kim from WPBL board",
    "Kim rejected $600K offer to drop lawsuit",
    "WPBL to file motion to dismiss case"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}