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Curt Flood

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I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.


— Curt Flood


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If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.


— Curt Flood


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It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball.


— Curt Flood


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People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.


— Curt Flood


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Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.


— Curt Flood


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The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.


— Curt Flood


#baseball #establishment #permissive

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.


— Curt Flood


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Did you know about Curt Flood?

Flood signed with the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1956 and made a handful of appearances for the team in 1956-57 before being traded to the Cardinals in December 1957. In 1988 he was named commissioner of the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association. 310.

Flood became one of the pivotal figures in the sport's labor history when he refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season ultimately appealing his case to the U. Supreme Court. Curtis Charles Flood (January 18 1938 – January 20 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St.

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