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They Knew What They Were Doing
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They Knew What They Were Doing

MLB, the owners, and the courts conspired to destroy Curt Flood

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Jul 02, 2025
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I didn’t know who Curt Flood was when I was a kid.

I was three when he told Major League Baseball he wasn’t going to be treated like fucking property. Six when the Supreme Court told him he didn’t have the right to decide where he worked. Nine when I went to my first big league game in 1975.

By the time I was twelve, I fell in love with the game. But even…

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