Ex-Puerto Rico baseball team owner files amended US claims against league
( August 18, 2026, 18:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Cangrejeros and Thomas Axon filed their second amended US complaint accusing Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico and its member clubs of conspiring to boycott and oust Tom Axon, the former operator of the Cangrejeros de Santurce baseball team. The complaint claims that Axon and Cangrejeros have “suffered the loss of their investment and control over the franchise for which they paid to obtain operating rights, have seen the value of their investments decimated by defendants’ anticompetitive actions, and have lost access to the intellectual property in which they invested with a reasonable expectation of recoupment.”See attached file. ...
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