Backwards K Pod; The Mexican League Defections Of 1946

Backwards K Pod
Where We Collect Ballplayers And Their Stories
With players contractually bound to their respective MLB teams, via the Reserve Clause. 22 Major League players defect to the Mexican Baseball League in 1946.
New commissioner, Happy Chandler drops the hammer, and levies 5 year suspension, to all the players who jump leagues.
This week, we take a look at the 22 players involved, and the consequences they faced, because of their defections.
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.
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