February 20 in Dodgers History: The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business (1953)

On February 20, 1953 — The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling. This effectively dismisses the antitrust suits of Jack Corbett and former Brooklyn Dodgers minor leaguer Walter Kowalski. The $300,000 suit of

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