Curt Flood, star center fielder for the Cardinals throughout the 1960s, was born on this date in 1938. There is no question in my mind that he belongs in the Hall of Fame for the stance he took against players being treated as the perpetual property of the team that employed them.
It’s pretty un-American, the notion that your employer can tell you where…
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