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The Mexican League Defections Of 1946
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With players contractually bound to their respective MLB teams, via the oppressive Reserve Clause. 22 Major League players defect to the Mexican Baseball League in 1946. New commissioner Happy Chandler drops the hammer. and levies five year bans to all the players who jump the league, This week we take a look at the 22 players involved, and the consequences they faced, because of their actions. Nearly three decades before Curt Flood would smash the compensatory system, that shackled players to their clubs, these were the first 22 players who dared to challenge the system. #JorgePasquel #SalMaglie #MickeyOwens #HappyChandler #MonteIrvin #TedWilliams #BobFeller #StanMusial #MaxLanier #FredMartin #LouKlein #JoeGaragiola #DannyGardella #GeorgeHausmann #AdrianZabala #AceAdams #RoyZimmerman
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