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Originally Posted by irishdenny
Is this Really True? They suited up & played for another baseball team to avoid being drafted... Why couldn't they just stay with the teams they were already signed with?
Does anyone have historical details about this subject?
I'm Very Curious...
I guess I'll go see what I can find out...
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Technically, the ballplayers were employed by the sponsoring companies, whose employees were exempt from the draft because they were manufacturing goods considered essential to the war effort.