Hudson Valley Renegades go through with women-only promotion

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'Renegades management estimated between 500 and 700 fans filled the ballpark when Tuesday night's game started - there were about another 100 outside - and team officials couldn't have been happier, watching their women-only promotion come to fruition.
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Billed as a tribute to female fans, the planned event would have kept men out of the ballpark until the game was official, providing male fans numerous diversions - from video games to large-screen television sets on which to watch the game - in a party-like atmosphere just outside the stadium gates.
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Late last week, however, county officials sent a letter to Renegades management warning them the promotion likely violated the state's human rights laws, if not the U.S. Constitution. The county owns Dutchess Stadium and leases it to the Renegades, the Tampa Bay Rays' short-season, Class A affiliate.'

"I was surprised," Tumminia, a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School, said of the backlash, which also included some fans. "There was a handful of men that were obviously very annoyed about this. … It's all in jest. There really was no ill will going into it. I was a little taken aback. It's really just a night of celebrating and honoring."'