Happy Chandler lifts the five year ban on major league players who had jumped to the Mexican League

Happy Chandler lifts the five year ban on major league players who had jumped to the Mexican League

On June 5, 1949, Commissioner Happy Chandler lifts the five year ban on major league players who had jumped to the Mexican League. One of the main reasons was the result of the players’ plan to sue for reinstatement on the grounds of an antitrust violation, a courtroom challenge the owners do not want to…