Ex-Puerto Rico baseball team owner seeks judgment in US case against league
( October 27, 2026, 15:58 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Cangrejeros de Santurce baseball team and former owner Thomas Axon moved for judgment in a US case accusing Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico and its member clubs of conspiring to boycott and oust Axon. They argued that it's undisputed that the league president admitted to a “gentleman’s agreement” among the operators of its franchises and that “the intention was that...the more powerful franchises did not take away the best players from those other franchises by offering more money.” After Axon refused to honor the agreement and paid players competitive salaries, the other operators jointly agreed to strip him of the franchise and hand it to a group that asked a competitor for its player salary figures so that it could avoid “harm[ing] the league.”See attached file. ...
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