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After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was traded, he had to report to his new team or retire. Unwilling to leave St. Louis and influenced by the civil rights movement, Flood chose to sue Major League Baseball for his freedom. His case reached the Supreme Court, where Flood ultimately lost. But by challenging the system, he created an atmosphere in which, just three years later, free agency became a reality. Flood's decision cost him his career, but as this dramatic chronicle makes clear, his influence on sports history puts him in a league with Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali.
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Antoine Zahnd
reviewed A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports on April 03, 2019
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
I've always loved baseball, so much so, that I wrote my 1st research paper on MLB's strikes in '80, '81, & '85 when I was in HS. I don't know if that's when I became aware of Curt Flood, or from my grandpa, the Cards fan. Either way, I knew who Curt Flood was. At least I thought I did. Wow.
Curt Flood is one of the most heroic & tragic figures I have ever read about. He put everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, on the line, and not only did his fellow players not show up for him when he started his trial---there were 2 teams playing in NY, which meant there was ALWAYS a steady stream of ballplayers passing through town--when he died, not one current player even bothered to show up at his funeral. Shame on them! He ended up so broke, he couldn't afford to get home, yet MLB players were benefiting from his sacrifice. I'll never understand why the Union didn't take better care of him. And don't get me started on Arthur Goldberg.....
This book not only opened up my eyes to the sacrifices Curt Flood made, it also serves as a behind the scenes look at the Supreme Court. All in all, this is just a fascinating book, and I am glad Mr Snyder quit his day job to tell this story. Now, if they could just make a movie about Curt's battle like they did about the Maris-Mantle home run battle (*61).... It's a story that needs to be told, and never forgotten.
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