April 21 in Dodgers History: Leo Durocher returns from suspension as Brooklyn Dodgers manager (1947)

Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher returned from a one-year suspension imposed by commissioner Happy Chandler for actions deemed detrimental to baseball. The Dodgers lost 9-5 to the New York Giants in Durocher's return to the dugout.

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