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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports Paperback - 2007
by Brad Snyder
The author of "Beyond the Shadow of the Senators" explores the life of all-star center fielder Curt Flood and the landmark Supreme Court case that changed professional sports forever.
Summary
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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- Title A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
- Author Brad Snyder
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New York
- Date September 25, 2007
- ISBN 9780452288911 / 0452288916
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.18 x 5.88 x 1.11 in (20.78 x 14.94 x 2.82 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Baseball players - United States, African American baseball players
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times Book Review, 10/21/2007, Page 20
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