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MLB reportedly in a trademark dispute with Overwatch esports league over similar logo

All corporations are protective of their trademarked images, and Major League Baseball is currently bumping heads with the Overwatch League over its logo.

MLB argues the Overwatch League, an esports league for the video game "Overwatch," uses a logo that is a little too similar to the classic MLB logo. Here are the logos side by side:

Hmmm. Both rectangular logos have a a two-tone background with a white figure in the middle, plus rounded edges, but the similarities end there. You've got blue and red against black and yellow, plus the white figure looks nothing alike.